From 1997 to 2015 there was no Regius Professor of Mathematics. In April 2013[5] the post was advertised, and in 2015 Igor Rivin was appointed. He was succeeded by Kenneth Falconer in 2017.
The creation of the post of the Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in January 2013,[2][3] in March 2014 Martin Hairer was appointed to the position. Tim Austin was appointed in July 2023, following Hairer's move to Imperial College, London in 2017.
University of Oxford (2016)
The creation of the post of the Regius Professor of Mathematics was announced in June 2016[4] and Andrew Wiles was appointed as the first holder of the chair in May 2018.[20]
In August 2020, it was announced that the Regius Professorship in Mathematics at the University of Oxford will become a permanent fixture at Merton College.[21]
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