Presidents of the Mathematical Association

The Mathematical Association was founded in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching and changed its name to The Mathematical Association in 1897. We list below the presidents of the Association giving the starting year of the term. One-year terms started in 1934.

Titles of Presidential Addresses are given at THIS LINK.

The Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching

1871 T A Hirst PhD, FRS

1878 R B Hayward MA, FRS

1889 Professor G M Minchin MA, FRS

1891 Professor J J Sylvester MA, DSc, LlD, DC

1892 The Reverend C Taylor DD

1893 R Wormell MA, DSc

1895 Professor Sir Joseph Larmor MA, DSc, FRS

The Mathematical Association

1897 Professor A Lodge MA

1899 Professor Sir Robert S Ball LlD, FRS

1901 J F Moulton KC, MP, FRS (Lord Moulton)

1903 Professor A R Forsyth MA, ScD, FRS

1905 G B Mathews MA, FRS

1907 Professor G H Bryan MA, ScD, FRS

1909 Professor H H Turner MA, DSc, FRS

1911 Professor E W Hobson MA, ScD, FRS

1913 A G Greenhill MA, FRS later Sir George

1915 Professor A N Whitehead MA ScD, FRS

1917 Professor T P Nunn MA, DSc, later Sir Percy

1919 Professor E T Whittaker MA, ScD, FRS

1921 The Reverend Canon J M Wilson DD, FGS

1922 Sir Thomas L Heath KCB, KCVO, ScD, FRS

1924 Professor G H Hardy MA, DSc, FRS

1926 Professor M J M Hill MA, LlD, ScD, FRS

1928 W F Sheppard LlM, ScD

1930 Professor Sir Arthur S Eddington MA, MSc, FRS

1932 Professor G N Watson ScD, FRS

1934 Professor E H Neville MA, BSc

1935 A W Siddons MA

1936 Professor A R Forsyth MA, ScD

1937 Professor L N G Filon CBE, TD, DSc, FRS

1938 W Hope-Jones BA

1939 W C Fletcher CB, MA

1944 C O Tuckey MA

1945 Professor S Chapman DSc, FRS

1946 W F Bushell MA

1947 Professor G B Jeffery MA, DSc, FRS

1948 Sir Harold Spencer Jones MA, ScD, FRS

1949 A Robson MA

1950 Professor H R Hasse MA, DSc

1951 Dr Mary L Cartwright MA, DPhil, ScD, FRS, later Dame,

1952 K S Snell MA

1953 Professor T A A Broadbent MA

1954 Professor W V D Hodge MA, ScD, FRS later Sir William

1955 G L Parsons MA

1956 Professor G F J Temple CBE, MA, PhD, DSc

1957 W J Langford JP, MSc

1958 Professor M H A Newman MA, FRS

1959 Miss L D Adams BSc

1960 E A Maxwell MA, PhD

1961 J T Combridge MA, MSc

1962 Professor V C A Ferraro PhD DIC

1963 J B Morgan MA

1964 Dr I W Busbridge MA, DPhil, DSc

1965 Mrs E M Williams CBE, MA

1966 F W Kellaway BSc

1967 A P Rollett M Sc

1968 Professor C A Coulson MA

1969 Lady Bertha Jeffreys MA, PhD

1970 Professor M J Lighthill FRS later Sir James

1971 B T Bellis MA, FRSE, FIMA

1972 C T Daltry BSc, FIMA

1973 Professor W H McCrea MA, PhD, DSc, FRS

1974 Mrs M Hayman MA, MPhil, FIMA

1975 Professor R L Goodstein PhD, DLit

1976 E Kerr BSc, PhD, FIMA, FBCS

1977 Professor G Matthews MA, PhD, FIMA

1978 A R Tammadge MA, FIMA

1979 Professor C W Kilmister MSc, PhD

1980 D A Quadling MA, FIMA, later OBE

1981 Professor M F Atiyah FRS, later Sir Michael

1982 F J Budden BSc

1983 Professor R L E Schwarzenberger MA, PhD

1984 P B Coaker BSc, ARCS, DIC, FIMA, FBCS

1985 Miss H B Shuard MA, MSc, FIMA

1986 Mrs A Straker BSc, MSc, later OBE

1987 Dr M E Rayner MA, DPhil, MSc, later CBE

1988 Professor A G Howson MSc, PhD, FIMA

1989 Mr Peter Reynolds MA

1990 Professor Margaret L Brown MA, PhD

1991 Dr Alan J Bishop

1992 Mr John Hersee MA

1993 Dr William Wynne-Wilson BA, PhD

1994 Dr Mary Bradburn MSc, PhD

1995 Mr E R Ashley BSc

1996 Mr W P Richardson MSc, later MBE

1997 Dr A D Gardiner

1998 Professor J Chris Robson

1999 Professor John S Berry BSc, PhD, CMath, FIMA

2000 Mr Stephen Abbott BSc, MSc

2001 Dr Sue Sanders Cert.Ed, BA, MEd, PhD

2002 Mr Barry Lewis BSc, BA, FIMA

2003 Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS

2004 Professor Adam McBride BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSE, OBE

2005 Mrs Sue Singer BA

2006 Mr Doug French BSc, MA

2007 Mr Rob Eastaway MA

2008 Mr Robert Barbour MA

2009 Mrs Jane Imrie BSc

2010 Dr David Acheson

2011 Dr Paul Andrews BSc, PhD, MA, MED, FHEA.

2012 Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE

2013 Mr Peter Ransom BSc, FIMA, later MBE

2014 Mrs Lynne McClure MA, FIMA, CmathTeach.

2015 Dr Peter M Neumann OBE

2016 Dr Jennie Golding, MA, MSc, EdD, FIMA

2017 Mr Tom Roper, BSc, MSc, MA, FIMA, CMath

2018 Professor Mike Askew, BSc, MA, Phd