George A. Elliott

George Arthur Elliott (born 1945) is a Canadian mathematician specializing in operator algebras, K-theory, and non-commutative geometry. He is a professor at the University of Toronto Department of Mathematics, and holds a Canada Research Chair. He is best known for his work on classifying C*-algebras, both for initiating their classification and highlighting the importance of K-theory in this respect.

He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Zurich–1994.

Awards and honours

 * 1982 Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Canada.
 * 1996 CRM/Fields Institute Prize
 * 1996-1998 Killam Research Fellow.
 * 1998 Jeffery–Williams Prize.
 * 1999 John L. Synge Award.
 * 2012 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
 * 2019 Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society