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The Regius Professorship of Mathematics is the name given to three
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
Robert Haldane
MacTutor History of Mathematics; read 27. November 2015. * 1809–1820 Robert Haldane * 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 AdamsJ. 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 * 1879–1921
The Regius Professorship of Mathematics is the name given to three chair
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s in mathematics at British universities, one at the University of St Andrews, founded by Charles II in 1668, the second one at the University of Warwick, founded in 2013 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II
The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only diamond jubilee celebration for any of Elizabeth's predecessors was in 1897, for the 60th an ...
and the third one at the University of Oxford, 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 2015Igor Rivin __NOTOC__
Igor Rivin (born 1961 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-Canadian mathematician,
working in various fields of pure and applied mathematics, computer science,
and materials science. He was the Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University ...
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 (1996Mathematics 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
Nicolas Vilant FRSE (1737-1807) was a mathematician from Scotland in the 18th century, known for his textbooks. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.
Life
He was baptised in Ferryport-on-Tay (now called Tayport) on 1 ...
* 1807–1809 vacantJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2006Robert Haldane
MacTutor History of Mathematics; read 27. November 2015. * 1809–1820 Robert Haldane * 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 AdamsJ. 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 * 1879–1921
Peter Redford Scott Lang
Sir Peter Redford Scott Lang VD FRSE (1850–1926) was a Scottish mathematician and Regius Professor at the University of St Andrews. In the 1880s he instituted “Common Dinners” to bring the students together for joint meals (often referred ...
* 1921–1950 Herbert Westren Turnbull
* 1950–1969 Edward Thomas Copson
Edward Thomas Copson FRSE (21 August 1901 – 16 February 1980) was a British mathematician who contributed widely to the development of mathematics at the University of St Andrews, serving as Regius Professor of Mathematics amongst other pos ...
* 1970–1997 John Mackintosh Howie
John Mackintosh Howie (23 May 1936 – 26 December 2011) was a Scottish mathematician and prominent semigroup theorist.
Biography
Howie was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeen and Balliol College, Oxfo ...
* 1997–2015 vacant
* 2015–2017 Igor Rivin __NOTOC__
Igor Rivin (born 1961 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-Canadian mathematician,
working in various fields of pure and applied mathematics, computer science,
and materials science. He was the Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University ...
*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 2014Martin Hairer
Sir Martin Hairer (born 14 November 1975) is an Austrian-British mathematician working in the field of stochastic analysis, in particular stochastic partial differential equations. He is Professor of Mathematics at EPFL (École Polytechnique F ...
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 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 atMerton College
Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, ch ...
.
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