Regius Professor of Mathematics
The Regius Professorship of Mathematics, founded by Charles II, is a professorship at the University of St Andrews.[1] There is currently no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In 2004 Alan Hood stated "tactically it was best not to appoint a new Regius Professor at this time but would consider making an appointment in the future."[2]
List of Regius Professors of Mathematics
The following list is incomplete.
References
- ^ Pieie-Gordon, Penny, http://www.baronage.co.uk/2006d/Gregory.pdf, The Baronage Press Ltd., http://www.baronage.co.uk/2006d/Gregory.pdf, retrieved 2009-03-24
- ^ Minute of the Staff Council meeting held on Wednesday 3 November 2004, University of St Andrews School of Mathematics & Statistics, http://www-maths.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/documentation/minutes/staff-council_11_04.pdf, retrieved 2009-03-25
- ^ Pycior, Helena Mary (1997), Symbols, Impossible Numbers, and Geometric Entanglements: British Algebra Through the Commentaries on Newton's Universal Arithmetick (illustrated ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 243, ISBN 0521481244
- ^ Nicholson, William (1809), The British encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of arts and sciences. Comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge, vi, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- ^ Robert Haldane, The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Printonly/Haldane.html, retrieved 2009-03-25
- ^ a b Scotland in 1883 and the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Scotland_1883_EMS.html, retrieved 2009-03-24
- ^ Herbert Westren Turnbull, The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Turnbull.html, retrieved 2009-03-24
- ^ E T Copson appointed Regius professor at St Andrews, University of St Andrews, 1950, http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Copson_Professor.html, retrieved 2009-03-24