Brian Blank (September 3, 1953 – December 9, 2018) was a Canadian/American associate professor of mathematics at Washington University in St.
[1] Blank was born in Montreal, Quebec, and earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics from McGill University.
[2] He received his Masters and Ph.D. in 1980 from Cornell University, with Anthony Knapp as advisor.
He also co-authored a pair of calculus textbooks with his Washington University colleague, Steven Krantz.
Blank died on December 9, 2018, due to complications of acute congestive heart failure.