The Richardson Chair of Applied Mathematics is an endowed professorial position in the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, England. The chair was founded by an endowment of £3,600 from one John Richardson, in 1890. The endowment was originally used to support the Richardson Lectureship in Mathematics. One holder of the Richardson Lectureship was John Edensor Littlewood (1907-1910). The position lapsed in 1918, but was resurrected as a lectureship in Pure Mathematics between 1935 and 1944. There was then a further hiatus until the establishment of the Richardson Chair of Applied Mathematics in 1998 The current holder (since 1998) is Nicholas Higham.
A complete list of Richardson Lecturers and Professors is as follows
- F. T. Swanwick (1891-1907) Lecturer in Mathematics
- J. E. Littlewood (1907-1910) Lecturer in Mathematics
- H. R. Hasse (1910-1912) Lecturer in Mathematics
- W. D. Evans (1912-1918) Lecturer in Mathematics
- W. N. Bailey (1935-1944) Lecturer in Pure Mathematics
- N. J. Higham (1998- ) Professor of Applied Mathematics
The School of Mathematics has three endowed chairs, the others being the Beyer Chair and the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics.
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