Eric Stephen Barnes (1924–2000), was an Australian pure mathematician. He was awarded the

Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal The Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal is awarded at most every two years by the Australian Academy of Science to a mathematician or physicist for his or her outstanding research accomplishments.

in 1959, and was (Sir Thomas)

Elder Professor of Mathematics Sir Thomas Elder, (5 August 1818 – 6 March 1897), was a Scottish-Australian pastoralist, highly successful businessman, philanthropist, politician, race-horse owner and breeder, and public figure. Amongst many other things, he is notable fo ...

at the

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. He was elected a

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science is made up of about 500 Australian scientists. Scientists judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field may be elected to Fellowship of the Academy. ...

in 1954.Eric Stephen Barnes, 1924–2000
Australian Academy of ScienceEric Stephen Barnes, 1924–2000
, Australian Academy of Science (25 page biography)
www.eoas.info He was born in Cardiff, Wales, 16 January 1924 and died 16 October 2000 in Adelaide, South Australia. He was educated at the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge. He held appointments as a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1950–1954; assistant lecturer, Cambridge 1951–1953; reader in pure mathematics, University of Sydney 1953–1958; Elder Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1959–1974; Secretary (Physical Sciences) Australian Academy of Science 1972–1976; Deputy Vice-chancellor University of Adelaide 1975–1980; Professor of Pure Mathematics University of Adelaide 1981–1983.Barnes, E. S. (Eric Stephen) (1924–2000)
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