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  1. MacTutor Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/

    19 Jul 2026: Their contributions to the history of mathematics have been recognised by Numerous Awards including the Hirst Prize of the London Mathematical Society in 2015.

  2. CGT history - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/CGT_history/

    7 Mar 2023: One section of his talk involved the history of Computational Group Theory (CGT) and we give a version of this below. ... Early history (1953-1967). This may be thought of as starting with the first implementations of computing methods for groups.

  3. British Mathematical Colloquium - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/BMC/

    22 Nov 2025: The British Mathematical Colloquium is the largest pure mathematical conference to be held annually in the UK. It has been held every year since 1949, usually around Easter, though some of the earlier meetings were in September. The venues of the

  4. Gibson History 11 - John Playfair, Sir John Leslie - MacTutor History …

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history_11/

    7 Mar 2023: Playfair in particular was widely read in the history of mathematics, was in spite of (perhaps it would be more appropriate to say "because of ") his great admiration for Newton, disappointed

  5. A Brief History of Time and Calendars - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/bhistory/

    7 Mar 2023: This reflects the lack of information that historians of science have as they delve further back into history. ... D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013).

  6. Witold Wilkosz (1891 - 1941) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Wilkosz/

    30 Mar 2026: In his final school year, Wilkosz wrote an essay on semitology, concerning Semitic languages and literatures, and the history of the Semitic-speaking peoples. ... This device went down in the history of radio engineering under the name of "Wilkosz's

  7. Edinburgh Royal Society - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/RSE/

    7 Mar 2023: In a move to counter this proposal the Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh, John Walker, proposed that the University of Edinburgh, the Faculty of Advocates, the Philosophical Society

  8. St Andrews professors - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Honours/St_Andrews_professors/

    29 May 2024: Mathematical teaching and research at the University of St Andrews began in 1668 with the appointment of James Gregory as the first holder of the Regius Chair of Mathematics. He was proposed for the chair by his friend Robert Moray, a graduate of St

  9. History overview - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview/

    7 Mar 2023: How we view history. We view the history of mathematics from our own position of understanding and sophistication.

  10. Gibson History 6 - More Gregorys - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history_6/

    3 Jun 2025: After James Gregory's death the Chair of Mathematics in Edinburgh remained vacant for some years, the work being carried on meantime by a lecturer called John Young, but on 29th October 1683, his nephew, David Gregory, was appointed Professor. David