Jan Saxl, 1948–2020

Abstract Jan Saxl was a leading figure in algebra for over 40 years, publishing around 100 papers and books on a wide variety of topics, centred around group theory and representation theory, with major applications in algebraic combinatorics, number theory and other areas. He spent most of his career as a Professor of Algebra and a Fellow of Gonville & Caius College in Cambridge, UK, and was tremendously collaborative in his research, publishing with 55 different co‐authors, and holding visiting appointments at Chicago, Perth, Rutgers, Princeton, Jerusalem and Caltech.