Mathematician:Thomas James Willmore

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Mathematician

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


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