Lucasian Professor of Mathematics

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endowed chair professorship

The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by some of the world's most influential scientists.

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Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge 6
Charles Babbage 0
George Stokes 0

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instanceOf endowed chair ⓘ
professorship ⓘ
academicDiscipline applied mathematics ⓘ
pure mathematics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs one of the most prestigious academic posts in mathematics ⓘ
endowedBy Henry Lucas ⓘ
endowmentFrom Henry Lucas ⓘ
endTime 1702 ⓘ
1839 ⓘ
1902 ⓘ
1969 ⓘ
2009 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ
field mathematics ⓘ
foundedBy Henry Lucas ⓘ
hasHolder Charles Babbage ⓘ
George Stokes ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
Michael Cates ⓘ
Michael Green ⓘ
Paul Dirac ⓘ
Stephen Hawking ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasNotableHolder Charles Babbage ⓘ
George Stokes ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
Paul Dirac ⓘ
Stephen Hawking ⓘ
inception 1663 ⓘ
locatedIn Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

England ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
namedAfter Henry Lucas ⓘ
partOf Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge ⓘ
positionHeld Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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selectionBy Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
startTime 1669 ⓘ
1828 ⓘ
1849 ⓘ
1932 ⓘ
1979 ⓘ
2009 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ

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Charles Babbage → heldPosition → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
Henry Lucas → legacy → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucasian Chair of Mathematics
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Babbage
George Stokes → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
subject surface form: George Gabriel Stokes
this entity surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: George Stokes
Isaac Newton → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Isaac Newton
Joseph Larmor → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael Cates
Michael Cates → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael Green
Michael Green → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Dirac
Paul Dirac → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking → positionHeld → Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge