Lucasian Professor of Mathematics

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(thing) by Yuri Prime (3.4 y) (print) ? I like it! Thu Feb 08 2001 at 16:44:15

The Lucasian Professorship in Mathematics, held at the University of Cambridge, is without much doubt the most prestigious academic chair in the world. It was founded in 1663, to promote the understanding of and research in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Quite a few of the professors appear on E2:

And two of them have made appearances on 'The Simpsons'.

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	Stephen Hawking	Paul Dirac	brain drain
mathematical physics	Zero divided by zero	Henry Lucas	Commander Data
George Biddell Airy	George Gabriel Stokes	Charles Babbage	Isaac Newton
Schenck v. United States	Daniel arap Moi	Stokes' Theorem	The Simpsons
Mathematical Tripos	Bono's Commencement Speech for the Harvard Class of 2001	Tenure	professor
Charles II	St. John's College	Pembroke College, Cambridge	Centre for Mathematical Sciences

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