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Wallis Professor 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 Terence Lyons FRS. The two previous holders were Sir John Kingman and Sir Simon Donaldson.[1]

  1. ^ Alexanderson, Gerald (2012). "John Wallis and Oxford". Bulletin of the A.M.S. 49 (3): 443–446.