Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry

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academic chair endowed professorship professorship at the University of Cambridge

The Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Cambridge dedicated to advanced research and teaching in astronomy and mathematics.

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Label	Occurrences
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry canonical	2
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic chair ⓘ endowed professorship ⓘ professorship at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
academicRank	professor ⓘ
affiliation	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
category	Professorships at the University of Cambridge ⓘ Professorships in astronomy ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	advanced research in astronomy ⓘ advanced research in geometry ⓘ advanced research in mathematics ⓘ teaching of astronomy ⓘ teaching of geometry ⓘ teaching of mathematics ⓘ
endowmentType	perpetual endowment ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
hasDomain	mathematical physics ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ pure mathematics ⓘ theoretical astronomy ⓘ
hasHolderTitle	Lowndean Professor NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1749 ⓘ
isConsidered	prestigious chair at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
isPartOf	Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cambridge professorships NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
namedAfter	Thomas Lowndes NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableHolder	Arthur Eddington NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Lynden-Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Hoyle NERFINISHED ⓘ George Biddell Airy NERFINISHED ⓘ John Couch Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by the University of Cambridge ⓘ
sponsor	Lowndean fund NERFINISHED ⓘ

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John Couch Adams → positionHeld → Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry ⓘ

Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge → relatedPosition → Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry ⓘ

William Vallance Douglas Hodge → positionHeld → Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge