Regius Professor of Mathematics
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The Regius Professorship of Mathematics, founded by Charles II
, is a professorship at the University of St Andrews
. There is currently no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In 2004 Alan Hood
stated "tactically it was best not to appoint a new Regius
Professor at this time but would consider making an appointment in the future."
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
, is a professorship at the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
. There is currently no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In 2004 Alan Hood
Alan Hood
Alan W. Hood is a professor in the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.He is best known for his wave heating theory involving the Coronal heating problem of the Sun's atmosphere.-External links:*...
stated "tactically it was best not to appoint a new Regius
Professor at this time but would consider making an appointment in the future."
List of Regius Professors of Mathematics
The following list is incomplete.- 1668-1674 James Gregory
- 1735-1768 Thomas SimpsonThomas SimpsonThomas Simpson FRS was a British mathematician, inventor and eponym of Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals...
- c.1779-1807 Nicholas Vilant
- 1809-1820 Robert Haldane
- 1859-1877 William L F Fischer
- 1877-1879 George ChrystalGeorge ChrystalGeorge Chrystal was a Scottish mathematician.He was born in Old Meldrum and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen, moving in 1872 to study under James Clerk Maxwell at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated Second wrangler in 1875, joint with William Burnside, and...
- 1879-1921 Peter Redford Scott Lang
- 1921-1950 Herbert Westren Turnbull
- 1950-1969 Edward Thomas CopsonEdward Thomas CopsonEdward Thomas Copson FRSE was a British mathematician who contributed widely to the development of mathematics at the University of St. Andrews, serving as Regius Professor of Mathematics amongst other positions.-Life:...
- 1970-1997 John Mackintosh HowieJohn Mackintosh HowieJohn Mackintosh Howie, CBE, FRSE , Scottish mathematician, is a prominent semigroup theorist.Howie was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeenand Balliol College, Oxford....