Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science
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The Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science is a chair in the University of Oxford
. The chair was established in 1995 for the ethologist
Richard Dawkins
by an endowment from Charles Simonyi
.
In 2008, Dawkins retired and the Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy
was elected to the chair.
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 chair was established in 1995 for the ethologist
Ethology
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior, and a sub-topic of zoology....
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL , known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author...
by an endowment from Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American computer software executive who, as head of Microsoft's application software group, oversaw the creation of Microsoft's flagship Office suite of applications. He now heads his own company, Intentional Software, with the aim of developing and marketing his...
.
In 2008, Dawkins retired and the Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy OBE is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College...
was elected to the chair.