We’re saddened to hear of the passing of David Kirby, who worked in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, and is well remembered for his work on Artinian modules, Koszul complexes, and multiplicities. He died on 29 March 2009, aged 76. There is a brief notice in the Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society. Thanks to Rodney Sharp for sharing this sad news with us.
Here’s a link to Kirby’s mathematical genealogy (they apparently don’t know who his thesis advisor was — does anyone reading this?). And here’s a link to his MathSciNet profile, for those with access to MSN.