Martin T. Barlow
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Martin Thomas Barlow FRS FRSC
(born 16 June 1953 in London
) is a British
mathematician
who is professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia
in Canada
since 1992.
, and his wife Nora (née Darwin)
, through whom he is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin
. He is the nephew of Horace Barlow
(also FRS and Fellow of Trinity). In 1994 he married Colleen McLaughlin.
He was educated Sussex House School
, St Paul's School, London, Trinity College, Cambridge
(BA 1975, Diploma 1976, ScD 1993); University College of Swansea (PhD).
Barlow worked as a research fellow of the University of Liverpool
1978–1980. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
, 1979–1992. He worked in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge 1981–1985 and was a Royal Society University Research Fellow 1985–1992.
, Brownian motion
and fractal sets.
He was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1984. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005.
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
(born 16 June 1953 in London
London
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) is a British
United Kingdom
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mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who is professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
in Canada
Canada
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since 1992.
History
Barlow is the son of Andrew Dalmahoy Barlow (1916–2006) and his wife Yvonne. He is thus the grandson of Alan BarlowAlan Barlow
Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Baronet GCB KBE FSA was a British civil servant and collector of Islamic and Chinese art.- Biography :...
, and his wife Nora (née Darwin)
Nora Barlow
Emma Nora Barlow was the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, who edited and published previously unseen examples of her grandfather's work.- Biography :...
, through whom he is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
. He is the nephew of Horace Barlow
Horace Barlow
Horace Basil Barlow FRS is a British visual neuroscientist.Barlow is the son of the civil servant Sir Alan Barlow and his wife Lady Nora, , and thus the great-grandson of Charles Darwin . He earned an M.D...
(also FRS and Fellow of Trinity). In 1994 he married Colleen McLaughlin.
He was educated Sussex House School
Sussex House School
Founded in 1952, Sussex House School is a preparatory school situated in the heart of Chelsea in a Norman Shaw house in Cadogan Square. A Gymnasium and Music School are housed in a converted chapel in Cadogan Street. The school is an independent charitable trust.There is a full-time teaching staff...
, St Paul's School, London, Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
(BA 1975, Diploma 1976, ScD 1993); University College of Swansea (PhD).
Barlow worked as a research fellow of the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
1978–1980. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, 1979–1992. He worked in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge 1981–1985 and was a Royal Society University Research Fellow 1985–1992.
Work
His mathematical interests include probabilityProbability
Probability is ordinarily used to describe an attitude of mind towards some proposition of whose truth we arenot certain. The proposition of interest is usually of the form "Will a specific event occur?" The attitude of mind is of the form "How certain are we that the event will occur?" The...
, Brownian motion
Brownian motion
Brownian motion or pedesis is the presumably random drifting of particles suspended in a fluid or the mathematical model used to describe such random movements, which is often called a particle theory.The mathematical model of Brownian motion has several real-world applications...
and fractal sets.
He was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1984. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005.