Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics
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The Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics is an endowed professorial position in the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, England.
In 1870 Samuel Fielden, a wealthy mill owner from Todmorden, donated £150 to Owen s College (as the Victoria University of Manchester was then called) for the teaching of evening classes and a further £3000 for the development of Natural Sciences at the College. From 1877 this supported the Fielden Lecturer , subsequently to become the Fielden Reader with the appointment of L. J. Mordell in 1921 and then Fielden Professor in 1923. The Fielden chair is has been offered to Alex Wilkie FRS who will take up the post during 2007. Previous holders of the Fielden Chair are:
- Louis Mordell (1923-1945)
- Max Newman (1945-1964)
- Frank Adams (1964 -1971)
- Ian G. Macdonald (1972-1976)
- Norman Blackburn (1978-1994)
- Mark Pollicott (1996-2004)
The other endowed chairs in mathematics at the University of Manchester are the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics and the Richardson Chair of Applied Mathematics.
