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The '''Wallis Professorship of Mathematics''' is a chair in the Mathematical Institute of the [[University of Oxford]]. It was established in 1969 in honour of [[John Wallis]], who was [[Savilian Professor of Geometry]] at Oxford from 1649 to 1703. |
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==List of Wallis Professors of Mathematics== |
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The '''Wallis Professorship of Mathematics''' is a chair in the Mathematical Institute of the [[University of Oxford]]. It was established in 1969 in honour of [[John Wallis]]. The current holder of the chair is [[Terry Lyons (mathematician)|Terence Lyons]] FRS. The two previous holders were Sir [[John Kingman]] and Sir [[Simon Donaldson]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Alexanderson|first1=Gerald|title=John Wallis and Oxford|journal=Bulletin of the A.M.S.|date=2012|volume=49|issue=3|pages=443-446}}</ref> |
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* 1969 to 1985: [[John Kingman]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/files/legacy/3277/newsletter_0613_0.pdf|journal=Oxford Mathematical Institute Newsletter|publisher=University of Oxford|date=Spring 2013|number=11|page=3|title=Terry Lyons to be LMS President |quote = ... several Oxford mathematicians have been LMS President at other stages of their careers [including] Wallis Professor Sir John Kingman (1990) ...}}</ref> |
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* 1985 to 1997: [[Simon Donaldson]]<ref name=Wallis>{{cite journal|last1=Alexanderson|first1=Gerald|title=John Wallis and Oxford|journal=Bulletin of the A.M.S.|date=2012|volume=49|issue=3|pages=443–446|doi=10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01377-0 |url=http://www.ams.org/journals/bull/2012-49-03/S0273-0979-2012-01377-0/S0273-0979-2012-01377-0.pdf}}</ref> |
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* 1999 to 2022: [[Terry Lyons (mathematician)|Terence Lyons]]<ref name=Wallis/> |
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* 2022 to date: Massimiliano Gubinelli<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/60387|title=New Wallis Professor of Mathematics}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of professorships at the University of Oxford]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:30, 4 May 2024
The Wallis Professorship of Mathematics is a chair in the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1969 in honour of John Wallis, who was Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford from 1649 to 1703.
List of Wallis Professors of Mathematics
[edit]- 1969 to 1985: John Kingman[1]
- 1985 to 1997: Simon Donaldson[2]
- 1999 to 2022: Terence Lyons[2]
- 2022 to date: Massimiliano Gubinelli[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Terry Lyons to be LMS President" (PDF). Oxford Mathematical Institute Newsletter (11). University of Oxford: 3. Spring 2013.
... several Oxford mathematicians have been LMS President at other stages of their careers [including] Wallis Professor Sir John Kingman (1990) ...
- ^ a b Alexanderson, Gerald (2012). "John Wallis and Oxford" (PDF). Bulletin of the A.M.S. 49 (3): 443–446. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01377-0.
- ^ "New Wallis Professor of Mathematics".