Mathematician:Thomas James Willmore

British mathematician best known for his work on differential geometry.

Nationality
British

History

 * Born: 16 April 1919, Gillingham, Kent, UK
 * 1939: B.Sc., Kings, London
 * 1939: Appointed Lecturer in Mathematics, Kings College, London, but unable to take up this position due to the outbreak of war
 * 1939-46: Scientific Officer, Air Ministry
 * 1940: Married Joyce Miller (died 1996)
 * 1941: M.Sc., Kings, London
 * 1943: Ph.D. London
 * 1946-54: Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Durham
 * 1954-62: Senior Lecturer
 * 1959: D.Sc. London
 * 1962-65: Reader at University of Liverpool
 * 1965-84: Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Durham
 * 1965-71: Head, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
 * 1967-69: Dean of the Faculty of Science
 * 1973-75: Head, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
 * 1977-79: Head, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
 * 1977-2005: Foreign member, L'Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
 * 1978-80: Vice-President, London Mathematical Society
 * 1984-2005: Emeritus Professor
 * 1993: Hon. D.Sc. Open University
 * 1999: Elected Honorary Life Fellow of Collingwood College, Durham
 * 2002: Married Dr. Gillian Boughton
 * 2004-5: Leverhulme Fellowship (Emeritus)
 * Died: 20 February 2005

Theorems and Definitions

 * Willmore Surface
 * Willmore Conjecture

Books and Papers

 * 1959: