The University Chair of Natural Philosophy is a professorship in the School of Mathematics at
Trinity College Dublin
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. It was established in 1847.
From 1724 to 1847 the
Erasmus Smith's Professorship of Natural and Experimental Philosophy had a mathematical and theoretical orientation, with many holders being also mathematicians. Several, such as
Bartholomew Lloyd
Bartholomew Lloyd (1772–1837) was an Irish mathematician and academic whose entire career was spent at Trinity College Dublin. As Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics there, he promoted significant curricular reforms, including the introdu ...
(1822) and
James MacCullagh
James MacCullagh (1809 – 24 October 1847) was an Irish mathematician.
Early Life
MacCullagh was born in Landahaussy, near Plumbridge, County Tyrone, Ireland, but the family moved to Curly Hill, Strabane when James was about 10. He was the eld ...
(1843), previously held the
Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics
The Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin is one of two endowed mathematics positions at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), the other being the Donegall Lectureship at Trinity College Dublin. It was founded in 1762 and fun ...
position. In 1847 the University Chair of Natural Philosophy was founded and took on the applied mathematics and theoretical physics role, while
(1724) effectively became the chair of experimental physics.
List of the professors
* 1847–1870:
John Jellett (1817–1888)
* 1870–1884:
Richard Townsend (1821–1884)
* 1884–1890:
Benjamin Williamson (1827–1916)
* 1890–1902:
Francis Tarleton (1841–1920)
* 1902–1910:
Frederick Purser
Frederick Purser (1839–30 January 1910) was an Irish mathematician, author, and member of the Royal Irish Academy. He was a younger brother to mathematician John Purser.
Life and career
Born in Dublin, Frederick attended a boarding school r ...
(1839–1910)
* 1910–1925:
Matthew Fry (1863–1943)
* 1925–1930:
J. L. Synge (1897–1995)
* 1930–1957:
Albert McConnell (1903–1993)
* 1957–1962: vacant
* 1962–1966:
John Chisholm (born 1926)
* 1966–1997:
David Spearman (born 1937)
* 1997–2002: vacant
* 2002–present:
Samson Shatashvili
Samson Lulievich Shatashvili (Georgian: სამსონი შათაშვილი, Russian: Самсон Лулиевич Шаташвили, born February 1960) is a theoretical and mathematical physicist who has been working at Trinity ...
School of Mathematics Newsletter
Trinity College Dublin, 2015.
See also
* List of professorships at the University of Dublin
This is a list of professorships, other notable positions, and public lectures at the University of Dublin.
The chairs in French (1776), German (1776), Irish (1840), English Literature (1867) and the precursor (1776) of the current Chair of Span ...
* Natural philosophy
Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin ''philosophia naturalis'') is the philosophical study of physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior throu ...
References
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1847 establishments in Ireland
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Natural Philosophy, University, Dublin
Natural Philosophy, University, Dublin