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The Regius Professorship of Mathematics is the name given to three

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s in mathematics at British universities, one at the

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, founded by Charles II in 1668, the second one at the

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, founded in 2013 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II and the third one at the

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, founded in 2016.

University of St Andrews (1668)

From 1997 to 2015 there was no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In April 2013 the post was advertised, and in 2015 Igor Rivin was appointed. He was succeeded by Kenneth Falconer in 2017.

List of Regius Professors of Mathematics

The following list may be incomplete. * 1668–1674 James Gregory * 1674–1688 William SandersJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (1996
Mathematics in St Andrews to 1700
on the Website of the University of St Andrews; read 27. November 2015. * 1689–1690 James Fenton * 1690–1707 vacant * 1707–1739 Charles Gregory * 1739–1765 David GregoryJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2010

on the website of the University of St Andrews; read 27. November 2015. * 1765–1807 Nicolas Vilant * 1807–1809 vacantJ. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2006
Robert Haldane
MacTutor History of Mathematics; read 27. November 2015. * 1809–1820 Robert Haldane * 1820–1858 Thomas DuncanAlex D. D. Craik (2008) ''Mr Hopkins' Men: Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century''; Springer. * 1857–1858

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J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson (2005
John Couch Adams
on the website of the University of St Andrews; read 27. November 2015. * 1859–1877 William L F Fischer * 1877–1879

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* 1879–1921 Peter Redford Scott Lang * 1921–1950 Herbert Westren Turnbull * 1950–1969 Edward Thomas Copson * 1970–1997 John Mackintosh Howie * 1997–2015 vacant * 2015–2017 Igor Rivin *2017–present Kenneth Falconer

University of Warwick (2013)

The creation of the post of the Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in January 2013, in March 2014 Martin Hairer was appointed to the position. Tim Austin was appointed in July 2023, following Hairer's move to Imperial College, London in 2017.

University of Oxford (2016)

The creation of the post of the Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in June 2016 and

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was appointed as the first holder of the chair in May 2018. In August 2020, it was announced that the Regius Professorship in Mathematics at the University of Oxford will become a permanent fixture at

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