Sedleian professor of natural philosophy
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The Sedleian professor of natural philosophy
is the name of a chair at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford
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The Sedleian Chair was founded by Sir William Sedley who, by his will dated October 20, 1618, left the sum of ₤2,000 to the University of Oxford for purchase of lands for its endowment. Sedley's bequest took effect in 1621 with the purchase of an estate at Waddesdon
in Buckinghamshire
to produce the necessary income. It is regarded as the oldest of the scientific chairs.
Holders include:
Natural philosophy
Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature , is a term applied to the study of nature and the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science...
is the name of a chair at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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The Sedleian Chair was founded by Sir William Sedley who, by his will dated October 20, 1618, left the sum of ₤2,000 to the University of Oxford for purchase of lands for its endowment. Sedley's bequest took effect in 1621 with the purchase of an estate at Waddesdon
Waddesdon
Waddesdon is a village within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles from Aylesbury on the A41 road. The centre of a civil parish, including the hamlets of Eythrope, Wormstone and Woodham, Waddesdon was an agricultural settlement with milling, silk weaving and lace making...
in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
to produce the necessary income. It is regarded as the oldest of the scientific chairs.
Holders include:
- Edward Lapworth, 1621–1638
- John Edwards, 1638–1648
- Joshua Crosse, 1648–1660
- Thomas WillisThomas WillisThomas Willis was an English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He was a founding member of the Royal Society.-Life:...
, 1660–1675 - Thomas Millington, 1675–1704
- James Fayrer, 1704–1719
- Hon Charles Bertie, 1719–1741
- Joseph Browne, 1741–1767
- Benjamin Wheeler, 1767–1782
- Thomas HornsbyThomas HornsbyThomas Hornsby FRS was a British astronomer and mathematician.Hornsby became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1760....
, 1782–1810 - George Leigh CookeGeorge Leigh CookeGeorge Leigh Cooke was a mathematician and priest who held the position of Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford for over 40 years.-Life:...
, 1810–1853 - Bartholomew PriceBartholomew PriceBartholomew Price was an English mathematician and educator.He was born at Coln St Denis, Gloucestershire, in 1818. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, of which college he became fellow in 1844 and tutor and mathematical lecturer in 1845...
, 1853–1898 - Augustus LoveAugustus Edward Hough LoveAugustus Edward Hough Love FRS , often known as A. E. H. Love, was a mathematician famous for his work on the mathematical theory of elasticity...
, 1899–1940 - vacant 1940–1946
- Sydney ChapmanSydney Chapman (astronomer)Sydney Chapman FRS was a British mathematician and geophysicist. His work on the kinetic theory of gases, solar-terrestrial physics, and the Earth's ozone layer has inspired a broad range of research over many decades....
, 1946–1953 - George Frederick James TempleGeorge Frederick James TempleDom George Frederick James Temple FRS OSB was an English mathematician, recipient of the Sylvester Medal in 1969...
, 1953–1968 - Albert E. Green, 1968–1977
- Thomas Brooke Benjamin, 1979–1995
- John Macleod Ball, 1996–