Mathematical Association Presidential Addresses

The Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching changed its name to The Mathematical Association in 1897. The first Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association was in 1898. Formal Presidential Addresses started with Professor G H Bryan in 1908. Normally Presidential Addresses were given at the end of each year of the term. One-year terms started in 1934.

Year	President	Presidential Address
1898	Professor A Lodge>	No address
1899	Professor A Lodge	No address
1900	Professor Sir Robert S Ball	No address
1901	Professor Sir Robert S Ball	No address
1902	Mr J F Moulton	No address
1903	Mr J F Moulton	No address
1904	Professor A R Forsyth	No address
1905	Professor A R Forsyth	No address
1906	Mr G B Mathews	No address
1907	Mr G B Mathews	No address
1908	Professor G H Bryan	The uses of mathematics and the training of the mathematical teacher
1909	Professor G H Bryan	Retiring address with no title
1910	Professor H H Turner	Mathematics and 'general education'
1911	Professor H H Turner	The outer satellites of Saturn and Jupiter
1912	Professor E W Hobson	The democratization of mathematical education
1913	Professor E W Hobson	On geometrical constructions by means of the compass
1914	Mr A G Greenhill	The use of mathematics
1915	Mr A G Greenhill	Mathematics in artillery science
1916	Professor A N Whitehead	The aims of education - a plea for reform
1917	Professor A N Whitehead	Technical education and its relation to science and literature
1918	Professor T P Nunn	Mathematics and individuality
1919	Professor T P Nunn	Astronomy as a school subject
1920	Professor E T Whittaker	Some mathematical problems awaiting solution
1920	Professor E T Whittaker	No address
1921	Rev Canon J M Wilson	The early history of the Association, or, the passing of Euclid from our schools and universities. And how it came about. A story of fifty years ago
1922	Rev Canon J M Wilson	No address
1923	Sir Thomas L Heath	Greek geometry with special reference to infinitesimals
1924	Sir Thomas L Heath	No address
1925	Professor G H Hardy	What is geometry?
1926	Professor G H Hardy	The case against the mathematical tripos
1927	Professor M J M Hill	On the teaching of mathematics
1928	Professor M J M Hill	The logical eye and the mathematical eye
1929	Dr W F Sheppard	Variety of method in the teaching of arithmetic
1930	Dr W F Sheppard	Mathematics for the study of frequency statistics
1931	Prof Sir A S Eddington	The end of the world from the standpoint of mathematical physics
1932	Prof Sir A S Eddington	The decline of determinism
1933	Professor G N Watson	The marquis and the land agent
1934	Professor G N Watson	Scraps from some mathematical notebooks
1935	Professor E H Neville	The food of the gods
1936	Mr A W Siddons	Progress
1937	Professor A R Forsyth	Applied mathematics in school training
1938	Professor L N G Filon	Mass and force in Newtonian mechanics. [Read by Professor G B Jeffery]
1939	Mr W Hope-Jones	Simplicity and the truthfulness in arithmetic
1944	Mr W C Fletcher	No address
1945	Mr C O Tuckey	Teachers and examiners
1946	Professor S Chapman	University training of mathematicians
1947	Mr W F Bushell	A century of school mathematics
1948	Professor G B Jeffery	Mathematics as an educational experience
1949	Sir Harold Spencer Jones	The measurement of time (given January 1950)
1950	Mr A Robson	How they learnt 1600 - 1850 (given April 1949)
1951	Professor H R Hassé	My fifty years of mathematics
1952	Dr M L Cartwright	Non-linear vibrations: a chapter in mathematical history
1953	Mr K S Snell	School mathematics today and tomorrow
1954	Prof T A A Broadbent	Printer's ink and the teacher
1955	Professor W V D Hodge	Changing views of geometry
1956	Mr G L Parsons	"Teaching the teacher"
1957	Professor G F J Temple	The growth of mathematics
1958	Mr W J Langford	Secondary school mathematics: an international survey
1959	Prof M H A Newman	What is mathematics? New answers to an old question
1960	Miss L D Adams	Full cycle
1961	Dr E A Maxwell	Pastors and masters
1962	Mr J T Combridge	Mathematics - slave, servant or sovereign?
1963	Professor V C A Ferraro	The scientific exploration of outer space since the time of Galileo
1964	Mr J B Morgan	The thirteenth grade
1965	Dr I W Busbridge	Robbins - and all that
1966	Mrs E M Williams	The changing role of mathematics in education
1967	Mr F W Kellaway	The teacher of mathematics and society
1968	Mr A P Rollett	Class consciousness
1969	Professor C A Coulson	On liking mathematics
1970	Lady Bertha Jeffreys	An easy commerce of the old and the new
1971	Professor M J Lighthill	The art of teaching the art of applying mathematics
1972	Mr B T Bellis	Whatever next?
1973	Mr C T Daltry	Difficulties - a voice from the past
1974	Professor W H McCrea	Natural philosophy
1975	Mrs M Hayman	To each according to his needs
1975	Professor R L Goodstein	Inauguration of the New Headquarters
1976	Professor R L Goodstein	Arithmetic without sets [Read by Dr E A Maxwell]
1977	Dr E Kerr	Some thoughts on the educational system and mathematics teaching
1978	Professor G Matthews	Sausages and bananas
1979	Mr A R Tammadge	Creativity
1980	Professor C W Kilmister	Zeno, Aristotle, Weyl and Shuard: two-and-a-half millennia of worries over number
1981	Mr D A Quadling	Pressures and priorities
1982	Professor M F Atiyah	What is geometry?
1983	Mr F J Budden	Accuracy is a virtue
1984	Prof R L Schwarzenberger	The importance of mistakes
1985	Mr P B Coaker	Why teach mathematics?
1986	Miss H B Shuard	Primary mathematics: towards 2000
1987	Mrs A Straker	The challenge to change
1988	Dr M E Rayner	On examinations
1989	Professor A G Howson	New challenges
1990	Mr P Reynolds	Full circle
1991	Professor M L Brown	The second iteration
1992	Dr A J Bishop	Visions, mechanisms and professionals
1993	Mr J Hersee	AIMS
1994	Dr W Wynne Wilson	Five types of ambiguity
1995	Dr M Bradburn	The borders of mathematics and natural philosophy
1996	Mr E R Ashley	From a still point on a turning world
1997	Mr W P Richardson	Why are we here?
1998	Dr A D Gardiner	The art of knowing
1999	Professor J C Robson	Something interesting!
2000	Professor J S Berry	Developing the mathematical feel
2001	Mr S Abbott	Rank and file: vision and visualisations
2002	Dr S Sanders	Tales from the mathematical classroom
2003	Mr B Lewis	Taking perspective
2004	Prof Sir E C Zeeman	Three-dimensional theorems for schools
2005	Professor A McBride	Mathematics: The greatest subject in the world
2006	Mrs S Singer	Sailing through mathematics
2007	Mr D French	Simplicity and surprise in school mathematics
2008	Mr R Eastaway	Joined up mathematics
2009	Mr R Barbour	A manifesto for mathematics
2010	Mrs J Imrie	Progressing through mathematics
2011	Dr D Acheson	What's the problem with maths?
2012	Dr P Andrews	Learning from others: Can PISA and TIMSS really inform curriculum developments in mathematics?
2013	Professor M du Sautoy	Teaching the Shakespeare of mathematics
2014	Mr P Ransom	Triumphs and tribulations in teaching
2015	Mrs L McClure	Looking backward, looking forward
2016	Dr P M Neumann	Inspiring teachers
2017	Dr J Golding	Is it mathematics or is it school mathematics?
2018	Mr T Roper	Adventures in shape and space