Waynflete Professorship - Waynflete Professors of Pure Mathematics

Waynflete Professors of Pure Mathematics

  • 1892–1921 Edwin Bailey Elliott
  • 1922–1945 Arthur Lee Dixon
  • 1947–1960 J. H. C. Whitehead
  • 1960–1984 Graham Higman
  • 1984–2006 Daniel Quillen
  • 2007– Raphaël Rouquier

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