Professor of Mathematics (Glasgow)
The Chair of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow in Scotland was established in 1691. Previously, under James VI's Nova Erectio, the teaching of Mathematics had been the responsibility of the Regents.
List of Mathematics Professors
- George Sinclair MA (1691-1696)
- Robert Sinclair MA MD (1699)
- Robert Simson MA MD (1711)
- Rev Prof James Williamson FRSE MA DD (1761)
- James Millar MA (1796)
- James Thomson MA LLD (1832)
- Hugh Blackburn MA (1849)
- William Jack MA LLD (1879)
- George Alexander Gibson MA LLD (1909)
- Thomas Murray MacRobert MA DSc LLD (1927)
- Robert Alexander Rankin MA PhD DSc FRSE (1954-1982)
- Robert Winston Keith Odoni BSc PhD FRSE (1989-2001)
- Peter Kropholler (2003-2013)
- Michael Wemyss (2016-)
gollark: Routing failure of some kind, which they can't fix remotely because they cannot communicate with the routers, and which also stopped them getting into the buildings.
gollark: Angle-grind the end off or something.
gollark: Yes it does, just stick a 2TB M.2 disk into a USB enclosure.
gollark: (for earth gravity)
gollark: This is actually somehow really accurate.
References
- Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)
- https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1773&type=P
- https://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/~mwemyss/
See also
- List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.