Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow
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The Chair of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow
was established in 1691. Previously, under James VI
's Nova Erectio, the teaching of Mathematics
had been the responsibility of the Regents.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
was established in 1691. Previously, under James VI
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
's Nova Erectio, the teaching of Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
had been the responsibility of the Regents.
List of Mathematics Professors
- George SinclairGeorge Sinclair (professor)George Sinclair was a Scottish mathematician, engineer and demonologist. The first Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow, he is known for Satan's Invisible Works Discovered, , a work on witchcraft. He wrote in all three areas of his interests, including an account of the “Glenluce Devil”, a...
MA (1691-1696) - Robert Sinclair MA MD (1699)
- Robert SimsonRobert SimsonRobert Simson was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The pedal line of a triangle is sometimes called the "Simson line" after him.-Life:...
MA MD (1711) - James Williamson MA DD (1761)
- James Millar MA (1796)
- James ThomsonJames Thomson (mathematician)James Thomson was an Irish mathematician, notable for his role in the formation of the thermodynamics school at Glasgow University...
MA LLD (1832) - Hugh BlackburnHugh BlackburnBailie Hugh Blackburn was a Scottish mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson , and the husband of illustrator Jemima Blackburn, he was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879...
MA (1849) - William Jack MA LLD (1879)
- George Alexander Gibson MA LLD (1909)
- Thomas Murray MacRobertThomas Murray MacRobertThomas Murray MacRobert was a Scottish mathematician. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalization of the generalized hypergeometric series.-References:* of Thomas Murray MacRobert | year=1964 | journal=Journal of the...
MA DSc LLD (1927) - Robert Alexander RankinRobert Alexander RankinRobert Alexander Rankin was a Scottish mathematician who worked in analytic number theory.Rankin's father, the Revd Oliver Shaw Rankin, was a minister who later became Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature and Theology in the University of Edinburgh.Rankin was born in Garlieston,...
MA PhD DSc FRSE (1954-1982) - Robert Winston Keith Odoni BSc PhD FRSE (1989-2001) http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/people/former/rwko.htm