Regius Professor of Mathematics
Royal Warrant creating a Regius Chair in Mathematics at the University of Warwick
The Regius Professorship of Mathematics is the name given to two chairs in mathematics at British universities, one at the University of St Andrews, founded by Charles II in 1668,[1] the other at the University of Warwick, founded in 2013 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[2][3]
University of St Andrews (1668)
From 1997 to 2015 there was no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In April 2013[4] the post was advertised, and in 2015 Igor Rivin was appointed.
List of Regius Professors of Mathematics
The following list is incomplete.
- 1668–1674 James Gregory[5]
- 1735–1768 Thomas Simpson[6]
- c.1779–1807 Nicholas Vilant
- 1809-1820 Robert Haldane[7]
- 1820–1858 Thomas Duncan
- 1859–1877 William L F Fischer[8]
- 1877–1879 George Chrystal[8]
- 1879–1921 Peter Redford Scott Lang[9]
- 1921–1950 Herbert Westren Turnbull[10]
- 1950–1969 Edward Thomas Copson[11]
- 1970–1997 John Mackintosh Howie
- 2015–present Igor Rivin
University of Warwick (2013)
The creation of the post of Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in January 2013,[2][3] in March 2014 Martin Hairer was appointed to the position.
References
- ↑ Pirie-Gordon, Penny, http://www.baronage.co.uk/2006d/Gregory.pdf (PDF), The Baronage Press Ltd., retrieved 2009-03-24
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "New Regius Professorships announced for 12 universities". Times Higher Educational Supplement. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cabinet Office: The Queen awards prestigious Regius professorships to twelve universities" (Press release). PoliticsHome. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Regius Professor of Mathematics - ME837". Jobs.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ 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 0-521-48124-4
- ↑ 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, retrieved 2009-03-25
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Scotland in 1883 and the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, retrieved 2009-03-24
- ↑ "Chairs and Professors of Universities in the United Kingdom". Who's Who Year-book for 1908. p. 138.
- ↑ Herbert Westren Turnbull, The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, retrieved 2009-03-24
- ↑ E T Copson appointed Regius professor at St Andrews, University of St Andrews, 1950, retrieved 2009-03-24