Warwick Regius Professor of Mathematics royal warrant

The Regius Professorship of Mathematics is the name given to three chairs in mathematics at British universities, one at the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

, founded by Charles II in 1668, the second one at the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

, founded in 2013 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II and the third one at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, founded in 2016.

University of St Andrews (1668)

From 1997 to 2015 there was no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In April 2013 the post was advertised, and in 2015 Igor Rivin was appointed. He was succeeded by Kenneth Falconer in 2017.

List of Regius Professors of Mathematics

The following list may be incomplete. * 1668–1674 James Gregory * 1674–1688 William SandersJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (1996
Mathematics in St Andrews to 1700
on the Website of the University of St Andrews; read 27. November 2015. * 1689–1690 James Fenton * 1690–1707 vacant * 1707–1739 Charles Gregory * 1739–1765 David GregoryJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2010

on the website of the University of St Andrews; read 27. November 2015. * 1765–1807 Nicolas Vilant * 1807–1809 vacantJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2006
Robert Haldane
MacTutor History of Mathematics; read 27. November 2015. * 1809–1820

Robert Haldane Robert Haldane (28 February 1764 – 12 December 1842) was a religious writer and Scottish theologian. Author of ''Commentaire sur l'Épître aux Romains, On the Inspiration of Scripture'' and ''Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans.'' Early ...

* 1820–1858 Thomas DuncanAlex D. D. Craik (2008) ''Mr Hopkins' Men: Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century''; Springer. * 1857–1858

John Couch Adams John Couch Adams (; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge. His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position o ...

J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2005
John Couch Adams
on the website of the University of St Andrews; read 27. November 2015. * 1859–1877 William L F Fischer * 1877–1879

George Chrystal George Chrystal FRSE FRS (8 March 1851 – 3 November 1911) was a Scottish mathematician. He is primarily know for his books on algebra and his studies of seiches (wave patterns in large inland bodies of water) which earned him a Gold Meda ...

* 1879–1921 Peter Redford Scott Lang * 1921–1950

Herbert Westren Turnbull Prof Herbert Westren Turnbull FRS FRSE LLD (31 August 1885 – 4 May 1961) was an English mathematician. From 1921 to 1950 he was Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews. Life He was born in the Tettenhall district, o ...

* 1950–1969 Edward Thomas Copson * 1970–1997 John Mackintosh Howie * 1997–2015 vacant * 2015–2017 Igor Rivin *2017–present Kenneth Falconer

University of Warwick (2013)

The creation of the post of the Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in January 2013, in March 2014 Martin Hairer was appointed to the position.

University of Oxford (2016)

The creation of the post of the Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in June 2016 and

Andrew Wiles Sir Andrew John Wiles (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specializing in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awa ...

was appointed as the first holder of the chair in May 2018. In August 2020, it was announced that the Regius Professorship in Mathematics at the University of Oxford will become a permanent fixture at Merton College.

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