John Kingman#
| Membership Number: | 1692 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006 Emeritus Professor of Math. Sci., Univ. Cambridge
- 2001-2006 Director, Isaac Newton Inst. for Mathematical Sciences
- 2000-2003 Chairman, UK Statistics Commission
- 1985-2001 Vice-Chancellor, Univ. Bristol
- 1981-1985 Chairman, Science & Engineering Research Council
- 1969-1985 Professor of Maths, Univ. Oxford
- 1966-1969 Professor of Maths & Statistics, Univ. Sussex
- 1965-1966 Reader in Maths & Statistics, Univ. Sussex
- 1962-1965 Asst Lecturer & Lecturer, Univ. Cambridge
- 1969 Sc.D. Mathematics, Univ. Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Queueing theory
- Markov processes
- Subadditive random processes
- Regenerative phenomena
- Mathematical population genetics
Honours and Awards
- FRS 1971 (Royal Medal, 1983)
- 1985 Knight Bachelor
- 1989 Officier, Palmes Academiques
- 2003 - 2006 President, European Math. Soc.
- 2007 Foreign Associate, US NAS
