Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics
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The Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics is one of the senior chairs
in the Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge
and the University of Oxford
. The two positions were founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician W. W. Rouse Ball
. At Cambridge, this bequest was made with the "hope (but not making it in any way a condition) that it might be found practicable for such Professor or Reader to include in his or her lectures and treatment historical and philosophical aspects of the subject."
Chair (official)
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in the Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. The two positions were founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician W. W. Rouse Ball
W. W. Rouse Ball
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. At Cambridge, this bequest was made with the "hope (but not making it in any way a condition) that it might be found practicable for such Professor or Reader to include in his or her lectures and treatment historical and philosophical aspects of the subject."
List of Rouse Ball Professors at Cambridge
- 1928-1950 John Edensor LittlewoodJohn Edensor LittlewoodJohn Edensor Littlewood was a British mathematician, best known for the results achieved in collaboration with G. H. Hardy.-Life:...
- 1950-1958 Abram Samoilovitch BesicovitchAbram Samoilovitch BesicovitchAbram Samoilovitch Besicovitch was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov to a Karaite family.-Life and career:...
- 1958-1969 Harold DavenportHarold DavenportHarold Davenport FRS was an English mathematician, known for his extensive work in number theory.-Early life:...
- 1971-1993 John G. ThompsonJohn G. ThompsonJohn Griggs Thompson is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992 and the 2008 Abel Prize....
- 1994-1997 Nigel HitchinNigel HitchinNigel Hitchin is a British mathematician working in the fields of differential geometry, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics.-Academic career:...
- 1998 William Timothy GowersWilliam Timothy GowersWilliam Timothy Gowers FRS is a British mathematician. He is a Royal Society Research Professor at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University, where he also holds the Rouse Ball chair, and is a Fellow of Trinity College...
List of Rouse Ball Professors at Oxford
- 1929-1950 E. A. MilneArthur MilneEdward Arthur Milne FRS was a British astrophysicist and mathematician.- Biography :Milne was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England...
- 1952-1972 Charles CoulsonCharles CoulsonCharles Alfred Coulson FRS was an applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author.His major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of molecular structure, dynamics and reactivity...
- 1973-1999 Roger PenroseRoger PenroseSir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College...
, presently EmeritusEmeritusEmeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics - 1999 Philip Candelas