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Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin
The
Erasmus Smith's
Professor of Mathematics
at
Trinity College Dublin
is one of two endowed
mathematics
positions
at
Trinity College
Dublin, the other being the
Donegall Lectureship at Trinity College Dublin
. It was founded in 1762 and
funded
by the
Erasmus Smith Trust
, which was
established
by
Erasmus Smith
.
Some of
the people
listed
here also held the
Erasmus Smith's Chair of Natural and Experimental Philosophy
for a period–that's another of the
4 named professorships honouring Smith's memory
.
List of
the professors
1762–1764:
John Stokes
1764–1795:
Richard Murray
1795–1799:
Thomas Elrington
1799–1800:
George Hall
1800–1813:
William Magee
1813–1822:
Bartholomew Lloyd
1822–1825:
James Wilson
1825–1835:
Franc Sadleir
1835–1843:
James MacCullagh
1843–1862:
Charles Graves
1862–1879:
Michael Roberts
1879–1913:
William Burnside
1914–1917:
Stephen Kelleher
1917–1921:
Robert Russell
1921–1926:
1926–1943:
Charles Rowe
1944–1962:
TS Broderick
1962–1964:
Heini Halberstam
1964–1966:
Gabriel Dirac
1966–1989:
Brian Murdoch
1989–2000:
2000–2001:
Paul Feehan
2001–2004:
2004–2008:
2008– :