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Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics

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The Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics is one of the senior chairs in the Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. The two positions were founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician W. W. Rouse Ball. At Cambridge, this bequest was made with the "hope (but not making it in any way a condition) that it might be found practicable for such Professor or Reader to include in his or her lectures and treatment historical and philosophical aspects of the subject."[1]

List of Rouse Ball Professors at Cambridge

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List of Rouse Ball Professors at Oxford

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The chair at Oxford was established with a £25,000 bequest and was initially advertised by the University as a Chair in Mathematical Physics.[3] The Rouse Ball Professor is now hosted at the university's Mathematical Institute,[4] and holds a Fellowship at Wadham College.

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References

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  1. ^ "The University Officers", Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge (PDF), University of Cambridge, p. 673
  2. ^ "Cambridge University Reporter 6683". www.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ Fauvel, John; Flood, Raymond; Wilson, Robin (2013). Oxford figures : eight centuries of the mathematical sciences (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 313–314. ISBN 9780199681976.
  4. ^ a b "Luis Fernando Alday | Mathematical Institute". www.maths.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. ^ Fauvel, John; Flood, Raymond; Wilson, Robin (2013). Oxford figures : eight centuries of the mathematical sciences (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 9780199681976.