Wallis Professor of Mathematics

The Wallis Professorship of Mathematics is a chair in the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1969 in honour of John Wallis, who was Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford from 1649 to 1703.

John Wallis

List of Wallis Professors of Mathematics

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Terry Lyons to be LMS President" (PDF). Oxford Mathematical Institute Newsletter (11). University of Oxford: 3. Spring 2013. ... several Oxford mathematicians have been LMS President at other stages of their careers [including] Wallis Professor Sir John Kingman (1990) ...
  2. ^ a b Alexanderson, Gerald (2012). "John Wallis and Oxford" (PDF). Bulletin of the A.M.S. 49 (3): 443–446. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01377-0.
  3. ^ "New Wallis Professor of Mathematics".