Mathematician:Clifford Hugh Dowker

Mathematician

Canadian topologist known for his work in point-set topology and also for his contributions in category theory, sheaf theory and knot theory..

Nationality

Canadian

History

• Born: March 2, 1912 in Parkhill, Western Ontario, Canada
• Died: October 14, 1982 in London, England

Theorems and Definitions

• Dowker Space
• Dowker Notation

Definitions of concepts named for Clifford Hugh Dowker can be found here.

Publications

• 1947: Mapping Theorems for Non-Compact Spaces (Amer. J. Math. Vol. 69, no. 2: pp. 200 – 242)  www.jstor.org/stable/2371848
• 1956: Lectures on Sheaf Theory

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Clifford Hugh Dowker": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive