Mathematical Association

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The Mathematical Association is a professional society concerned with mathematics education in the UK. It was founded in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching and renamed to the Mathematical Association in 1897. It exists to 'bring about improvements in the teaching of mathematics and its applications, and to provide a means of communication among students and teachers of mathematics'.[1] Since 1894 it has published the Mathematical Gazette.

[edit] Past presidents

Past presidents of the MA have included:

  • 1910-1912 H H Turner
  • 1912-1913 E W Hobson
  • 1914-1915 A G Greenhill
  • 1916-1917 A N Whitehead
  • 1918-1919 T P Nunn
  • 1920 E T Whittaker
  • 1921 J M Wilson
  • 1923 T L Heath
  • 1925-1926 G H Hardy
  • 1927-1928 M J M Hill
  • 1929-1930 W F Sheppard
  • 1931-1932 A S Eddington
  • 1933-1934 G N Watson
  • 1935 E H Neville
  • 1936 A W Siddons
  • 1937 A R Forsyth
  • 1938 L N G Filon
  • 1939 W Hope-Jones
  • 1946-1947 Warin Foster Bushell

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Mathematical Association - supporting mathematics in education
  • Siddons, A. W. (1939). "The Mathematical Association---I". Eureka 1: 13–15. 
  • Siddons, A. W. (1939). "The Mathematical Association---II". Eureka 2: 18–19. 
  • Michael H Price Mathematics of the Multitude? A History of the Mathematical Association (MA, 1994)

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