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Biography
David Gauld is a professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Within mathematics, he works in set-theoretic topology, with emphasis on applications to non-metrisable manifolds and topological properties of manifolds close to metrisability. Gauld has authored two monographs and over 70 research papers.
Gauld was born in June 1942, and grew up in Inglewood. He studied in Wanganui Technical College, Inglewood High School and New Plymouth Boys’ High School, and later obtained his BSc and MSc degrees with First Class Honours in Mathematics from the University of Auckland. Awarded a Fulbright Grant, he completed his PhD in topology, in the University of California, Los Angeles. He was Head of the Department of Mathematics for 15 years and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) for two and a half years at the University of Auckland.
Honours
In the years 1981–1982, Gauld served as president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society. He was the founding secretary of the New Zealand Mathematics Research Institute, and served in this position for 13 years, retiring in 2011. In 1997, he was awarded a New Zealand Science and Technology Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2015, he became an honorary life member of the New Zealand Mathematical Society. In 2016, he was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
for services to mathematics as part of the New Year Honours.