Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics
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. 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 is Nicholas Higham.
A complete list of Richardson Lecturers and Professors is as follows:
- F. T. Swanwick Lecturer in Mathematics
- J. E. Littlewood Lecturer in Mathematics
- H. R. Hasse Lecturer in Mathematics
- W. D. Evans Lecturer in Mathematics
- W. N. Bailey Lecturer in Pure Mathematics
- N. J. Higham Professor of Applied Mathematics
The School of Mathematics has three other endowed chairs, the others being the Beyer Chair, the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics and the Sir Horace Lamb Chair.