Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics - Definition and Overview

The Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics is one of the senior chairs in Mathematics at Cambridge University, and was founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician Rouse Ball.

Rouse Ball Professors

• John Littlewood (1928-1950)
• Abram Besicovitch (1950-1958)
• Harold Davenport (1958-1969)
• John Griggs Thompson (1971-1993)
• Nigel Hitchin (1994-1997)
• Timothy Gowers (1998-)

See also

• Rouse_Ball_Professor_of_English_Law