The David Crighton Medal is an honorific medal awarded to mathematicians.
The
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is the UK's chartered professional body for mathematicians and one of the UK's learned societies for mathematics (another being the London Mathematical Society).
The IMA aims to advance ...
(IMA) and the
London Mathematical Society
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's Learned society, learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh ...
(LMS) instituted the medal in 2002 in honour of the British mathematician
David Crighton
David George Crighton, FRS (15 November 1942 – 12 April 2000) was a British mathematician and physicist.
Life
Crighton was born in Llandudno, North Wales, where his mother, Violet Grace Garrison, had been sent because of the bombing of Lon ...
FRS (1942–2000). The award is made biennially, and was first presented in 2003.
Holders of the medal include
Frank Kelly
Francis Kelly (28 December 1938 – 28 February 2016) was an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. He is best remembered for playing Father Jack Hackett in the Channel 4 ...
,
Peter Neumann,
Keith Moffatt
Henry Keith Moffatt, FRS FRSE (born 12 April 1935) is a British mathematician with research interests in the field of fluid dynamics, particularly magnetohydrodynamics and the theory of turbulence. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at ...
,
Christopher Zeeman
Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician, known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory.
Overview
Zeeman's main contributions to mathematics were in topology, partic ...
,
John Ball,
David Abrahams and
Arieh Iserles.
See also
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List of mathematics awards
This list of mathematics awards contains articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the world. Som ...
References
External links
David Crighton Medal web page
2002 establishments in the United Kingdom
Awards established in 2002
Awards of the London Mathematical Society
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