Thomas K. Donaldson | |
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_in_27_October_1990,_London.jpg) Donaldson in 27 October 1990 at London | |
| Born | 1944 Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | 2006 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American and Australian |
| Education | PhD in mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Spouse | Catherine Woof |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Embedding theorems for Orlicz-Sobolev spaces and applications |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Browder |
Thomas K. Donaldson (1944 – 2006) was a mathematician and well-known cryonics advocate. He was born in the state of Kentucky in the United States, and took his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1969. He also lived in Sunnyvale, California, and for many years in Canberra, Australia, where he taught mathematics at Australian National University. He founded both the Cryonics Association of Australia and the Institute for Neural Cryobiology, which has funded ground-breaking research in cryopreservation of brain tissue.