Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow

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University of Glasgow

Under James VI's Nova Erectio the teaching of Mathematics was the responsibility of the Regents. This Chair was established in 1691.

[edit] Mathematics Professors

  • George Sinclair MA (1691-1696)
  • Robert Sinclair MA MD (1699)
  • Robert Simson MA MD (1711)
  • James Williamson MA DD (1761)
  • James Millar MA (1796)
  • James Thomson MA LLD (1832)
  • Hugh Blackburn MA (1849)
  • William Jack MA LLD (1879)
  • George Alexander Gibson MA LLD (1909)
  • Thomas Murray MacRobert MA DSc LLD (1927)
  • Robert Alexander Rankin MA PhD DSc FRSE (1954-1982)
  • Robert Winston Keith Odoni BSc PhD FRSE (1989-)

(Sources: Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Complied by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)

[edit] See also

List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow

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