List of Regius Professors of Mathematics
The following list is incomplete.
- 1668-1674 James Gregory
- 1735-1768 Thomas Simpson
- c.1779-1807 Nicholas Vilant
- 1809-1820 Robert Haldane
- 1820-1858 Thomas Duncan
- 1859-1877 William L F Fischer
- 1877-1879 George Chrystal
- 1879-1921 Peter Redford Scott Lang
- 1921-1950 Herbert Westren Turnbull
- 1950-1969 Edward Thomas Copson
- 1970-1997 John Mackintosh Howie
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