Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics
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The Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics is an endowed professorial position in the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, England. The endowment came from the engineer Charles Frederick Beyer, a generous supporter of the University.
The Beyer professors include
- Arthur Schuster 1881-1888
- Sydney Chapman 1919-1924
- Edward Arthur Milne 1925- 1928
- Douglas Hartree 1929- 1930s [1]
- Sydney Goldstein 1945-1950
- James Lighthill 1950-1959
- Fritz Ursell 1961-1990
- David Abrahams 1990 (pressent holder)
The other endowed chairs in mathematics at the University of Manchester are the Richardson Chair of Applied Mathematics and the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics.
