Regius Professor of Mathematics (Warwick)

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Deed of foundation for the Regius Chair of Mathematics in Warwick, 2013

The Regius Professor of Mathematics is a previously existing professorship for mathematics at the University of Warwick , who was appointed Regius Professorship by Elisabeth II on the occasion of her throne jubilee in 2013 . In addition to this, there is a Regius Professorship for Mathematics at the University of St Andrews founded by Charles II in 1668 , also known as the Regius Professor of Mathematics . On the occasion of the Queen's 90th birthday, in 2015 she again donated twelve Regius Professorships, one of which was the Regius Professorship of Mathematics at the University of Oxford .

History of the professorship

When the University of Warwick was established in 1963, ten professorships were created, including mathematics, engineering, chemistry and physics. The chair of mathematics was filled with Christopher Zeeman in 1964 . Zeeman headed the Mathematics Institute until 1988 and established the institute's reputation. When the university received the Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1965 , the chair already existed.

Foundation of the professorship

Martin Hairer, 2014, first Regius Professor at the University of Warwick

In 2013, plans were announced to support a Regius professorship for every decade of Elizabeth II's reign. The proposals submitted were so convincing to the advisory body, headed by Graeme Davies and the Queen, that twice as many, twelve professorships, were named, including a professorship at one of the kingdom's youngest universities in Warwick. In the 100 years before this foundation, apart from one foundation in 2009, on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, no more Regius Professorship had been established. The last was done by Queen Victoria . The reasons for the election were not disclosed. However, the high academic level is commonly referred to as an essential factor. The world class of research in Warwick is also named by the first Regius Professor in an interview on the occasion of the award of the Fields Medal as the presumable reason for the foundation. This is what the foundation deed (see picture) names in recognition of outstanding teaching and research , without going into the evaluation.

The Austrian mathematician Martin Hairer , who has been working at the University of Warwick since 2002 and full professor since 2010 , became the first Regius Professor of Mathematics. Almost a year after his appointment, in 2014 he was awarded the Fields Medal, the most important science award for mathematicians. The Mathematics and Statistics Institutes were rated third best in Great Britain by the UK Government in 2014 on a combined score. In 2017 Hairer left Warwick and accepted a professorship in London.

Regius professors for mathematics

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Martin Hairer FRS 2013 2017 Less than a year after his appointment as Regius Professor, Professor Hairer received the Fields Medal for his theory of stochastic partial differential equations. In 2017 he left Warwick to accept a professorship at Imperial College London .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Gibney: New Regius professorships announced for 12 universities . Times Higher Education January 29, 2013; accessed on November 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ GA Bavister: Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual . In: The London Gazette , February 20, 2014; Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Penny Pirie-Gorden: A Portrait of James Gregory, FRS . (PDF) The Baronage Press, London 2006; accessed on November 27, 2015.
  4. ^ A b Christopher Zeeman: Early History of the Warwick Mathematics Institute . (PDF) 2004; on the University of Warwick website; accessed on December 16, 2015.
  5. ^ History of The University on the University of Warwick website; accessed on December 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b c d Rozina Sabur: Queen gives Maths department an award . In: The Boar , February 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ a b Fields Medal for Martin Hairer . Die Presse, August 13, 2014; accessed on December 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b c Mathematics “Nobel Prize” to Austrian Martin Hairer . Nachrichten.at, August 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ a b c d The Work of Martin Hairer (PDF) on the website of the International Mathematical Union; accessed on December 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ a b biography of Martin Hairer. Royal Society website; accessed on December 21, 2015.
  11. ^ Research Excellence on the University of Warwick website, accessed December 21, 2015.
  12. ^ A b Hayley Dunning: Fields medallist mathematician joins Imperial. October 3, 2017, accessed October 15, 2019 .