The Naylor Prize and lectureship in Applied Mathematics is a prize of the London Mathematical Society

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 awarded every two years in memory of Dr V.D. Naylor. Only those resident in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 are eligible for the prize. The prize is awarded for "... work in, and influence on, and contributions to applied mathematics and/or the applications of mathematics, and lecturing gifts."

Prize winners

• 1977 James Lighthill
  James Lighthill
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• 1979 Basil John Mason
  Basil John Mason
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• 1981 H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
  H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
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• 1983 Michael J. D. Powell
  Michael J. D. Powell
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• 1985 I C Percival
• 1987 D S Jones
• 1989 J D Murray
• 1991 Roger Penrose
  Roger Penrose
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• 1993 Michael Berry
• 1995 John Ball
  John M. Ball
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• 1997 Frank Kelly
  Frank Kelly (professor)
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• 1999 Stephen Hawking
  Stephen Hawking
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• 2000 Athanassios S. Fokas
• 2002 Mark H. A. Davis
  Mark H. A. Davis
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• 2004 Richard Jozsa
  Richard Jozsa
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• 2007 Michael Green
  Michael Green (physicist)
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• 2009 Philip Maini
• 2011 J. Bryce McLeod

See also

• Whitehead Prize
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• Senior Whitehead Prize
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• Fröhlich Prize
  Fröhlich Prize
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• Berwick Prize
• Pólya Prize (LMS)
  Pólya Prize (LMS)
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• De Morgan Medal
  De Morgan Medal
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