James Munkres

James R. Munkres
James R. Munkres
Born	August 18, 1930; Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	July 30, 2026 (aged 95); Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Nebraska Wesleyan University; University of Michigan;
Known for	topology; Hungarian algorithm;
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Workplaces	University of Michigan; Princeton University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Doctoral advisor	Edwin Evariste Moïse
Doctoral students	Robert Penner;

James Raymond Munkres (August 18, 1930 – July 30, 2026) was an American mathematician and academic who was professor of mathematics at MIT and is the author of several texts in the area of topology, including Topology (an undergraduate-level text), Analysis on Manifolds, Elements of Algebraic Topology, and Elementary Differential Topology. He is also the author of Elementary Linear Algebra.