Kalton was born in
Bromley and educated at Dulwich College, where he excelled at both mathematics and chess. After studying
mathematics at
Trinity College, Cambridge, he received his PhD, which was awarded the Rayleigh Prize for research excellence, from
Cambridge University in 1970. He then held positions at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Warwick, Swansea, University of Illinois, and Michigan State University, before becoming full professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1979. He received the
Stefan Banach Medal from the
Polish Academy of Sciences in 2005. A conference in honour of his 60th birthday was held in Miami University of Ohio in 2006. He died in
Columbia, Missouri, aged 64. ==Publications==