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Chair of Statistics

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Origins

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Origins

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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

GButtars: /* Chair of Applied Mathematics */

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Chair of Applied Mathematics

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Chair of Applied Mathematics

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Chair of Applied Mathematics

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-David John Finney (1917- ), 1966-1984
+[[David John Finney (1917- )]], 1966-1984
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 [[Frank Featherstone Bonsall (1920-2011)]], 1965-1984
-Terry Lyons, 1985-1993
+[[Terry Lyons]], 1985-1993
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-Andrew George Mackie (c1928-), 1968-
+[[Andrew George Mackie (1927-)]], 1968-
-Benedict Joseph Leimkuhler, 2006-
+[[Benedict Joseph Leimkuhler]], 2006-
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-David John Finney (b1917), 1966-1984
+David John Finney (1917- ), 1966-1984
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 Mathematics has been studied at the University of Edinburgh from its very foundation in 1583. The Chair of Mathematics moved into of the [[Faculty of Arts]] when it was established as a distinct entity in 1708.
-Regent [[Andrew Young (d. 1623)|Andrew Young (d1623)]] was created 'Public Professor of Mathematics' in 1620. Regent [[Thomas Craufurd]] was also called 'Professor of Mathematics' from 1640 until his death in 1662. The first dedicated Professor came twelve years after Craufurd's death and was [[James Gregory (1638-1675)]], who was appointed in 1674 but died the following year.  He was succeeded by [[John Young (fl1676-1683)]]. Young taught Mathematics after Gregory's death but his competency to do so was challenged by [[Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713)]] and he was dismissed.
+[[Andrew Young (d. 1623)|Andrew Young (d1623)]], who had been a [[Opening of Edinburgh University, 1583#The Regenting System|Regent]] since 1600, was created 'Public Professor of Mathematics' in 1620. Regent [[Thomas Craufurd]] was also called 'Professor of Mathematics' from 1640 until his death in 1662. The first dedicated Professor came twelve years after Craufurd's death and was [[James Gregory (1638-1675)]], who was appointed in 1674 but died the following year.  He was succeeded by [[John Young (fl1676-1683)]]. Young taught Mathematics after Gregory's death but his competency to do so was challenged by [[Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713)]] and he was dismissed.
 Next came two of Gregory's two nephews in turn, first [[David Gregory (1659-1708)]], and then his brother [[James Gregory (1666-1742)]]. The three Gregorys were all enthusiastic supporters of Isaac Newton and incorporated his ideas into their teaching, ideas which at that time were controversial and considered quite revolutionary.

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 Mathematics has been studied at the University of Edinburgh from its very foundation in 1583. The Chair of Mathematics moved into of the [[Faculty of Arts]] when it was established as a distinct entity in 1708.
-Regent [[Andrew Young (d. 1623)|Andrew Young (d1623)]] was created Public Professor of Mathematics' in 1620. Regent [[Thomas Craufurd]] was also called 'Professor of Mathematics' from 1640 until his death in 1662. The first dedicated Professor came twelve years after Craufurd's death and was [[James Gregory (1638-1675)]], who was appointed in 1674 but died the following year.  He was succeeded by [[John Young (fl1676-1683)]]. Young taught Mathematics after Gregory's death but his competency to do so was challenged by [[Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713)]] and he was dismissed.
+Regent [[Andrew Young (d. 1623)|Andrew Young (d1623)]] was created 'Public Professor of Mathematics' in 1620. Regent [[Thomas Craufurd]] was also called 'Professor of Mathematics' from 1640 until his death in 1662. The first dedicated Professor came twelve years after Craufurd's death and was [[James Gregory (1638-1675)]], who was appointed in 1674 but died the following year.  He was succeeded by [[John Young (fl1676-1683)]]. Young taught Mathematics after Gregory's death but his competency to do so was challenged by [[Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713)]] and he was dismissed.
 Next came two of Gregory's two nephews in turn, first [[David Gregory (1659-1708)]], and then his brother [[James Gregory (1666-1742)]]. The three Gregorys were all enthusiastic supporters of Isaac Newton and incorporated his ideas into their teaching, ideas which at that time were controversial and considered quite revolutionary.

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 [[Matthew Stewart (1717-1785)]] succeeded Maclaurin in 1746. He had attended Maclaurin's lectures during the 1742/3 academic year and had already published ''Some General Theorems of Considerable use in the Higher Parts of Mathematics''. When, in 1772, his health began to deteriorate, his duties as professor at Edinburgh were initially shared, then taken over by his son, [[Dugald Stewart (1753-1828)]], who, in 1785, moved to the Chair of [[Moral Philosophy]], succeeding [[Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)]] there while Ferguson moved to Mathematics.
-Ferguson held the Chair jointly with, [[John Playfair (1748-1819)]] and they were followed by [[Sir John Leslie (1766-1832)]] in 1805. These were men who were typical of their time, the age of the Scottish Enlightenment. They were all-round scholars who could well move from a chair in [[Moral Philosophy]] to one in Mathematics or from one in Mathematics to [[Natural Philosophy]].
+Ferguson held the Chair jointly with, [[John Playfair (1748-1819)]] and they were followed by [[Sir John Leslie (1766-1832)]] in 1805. These were men who were typical of their time, the age of the Scottish Enlightenment. They were all-round scholars who could well move from a chair in [[Moral Philosophy]] to one in Mathematics or from one in Mathematics to [[Physics|Natural Philosophy]].
 The nineteenth century saw the controversial appointment of the Rev Philip Kelland as Professor of Mathematics. He was the first Englishman with an entirely English education admitted to a chair in the University and held the Chair for 41 years. He would have taught James Clerk Maxwell, one of the great scientists of the nineteenth century and perhaps Scotland's greatest.

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