Oxford's Sedleian Professors of Natural Philosophy: The First 400 Years

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Christopher Hollings (Departmental Lecturer, Departmental Lecturer, Mathematical Institute, Oxford Senior Research Fellow, The Queen's College, Oxford) Mark McCartney (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Ulster University)

Oxford's Sedleian Professors of Natural Philosophy

The First 400 Years

Christopher Hollings (Departmental Lecturer, Departmental Lecturer, Mathematical Institute, Oxford Senior Research Fellow, The Queen's College, Oxford), Mark McCartney (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Ulster University)

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Oxford University Press
16 November 2023

British & Irish history; History of mathematics; Impact of science & technology on society

Established in the early seventeenth century following a bequest to the university by Sir William Sedley, Oxford's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy is one of the university's oldest professorships. In common with other such positions established around this time, such as the Savilian Professorships of Geometry and Astronomy, for example, its purpose was to provide centrally organised lectures on a specific subject.

While the Professorship is now a high-profile research post in applied mathematics, it has previously been held by physicians, an astronomer, and several people in the eighteenth century whose credentials in natural philosophy are much less clear.

This edited volume traces the varied history of the chair through the first four centuries of its existence, combining specialised contributions from historians of medicine, of science, of mathematics, and of universities, together with personal reminiscences of some of the more recent holders of the post.

Edited by: Christopher Hollings (Departmental Lecturer Departmental Lecturer Mathematical Institute Oxford Senior Research Fellow The Queen's College Oxford), Mark McCartney (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Ulster University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 195mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 928g
ISBN: 9780192843210
ISBN 10: 0192843214
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 16 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

ForewordJon Keating: 1: Christopher D. Hollings: Four Centuries of Sedleian Professors 2: Alastair Compston: Thomas Willis 3: Nigel Aston: The Sedleian Professors of Eighteenth Century: a Theological Turn? 4: Jim Bennett: Thomas Hornsby 5: Christopher D. Hollings: George Leigh Cooke 6: Christopher D. Hollings: Bartholomew Price 7: June Barrow-Green: Augustus Love 8: Peter Cargill: Sydney Chapman 9: Mark McCartney: George Temple and Albert Green 10: Tom Mullin and John Toland: Brooke Benjamin 11: Mark McCartney: An Interview with John Ball

Christopher D. Hollings is a Lecturer in Mathematics and its History at the University of Oxford. Mark McCartney is a senior lecturer in mathematics at Ulster University and a former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.