David Spearman#
Membership Number: | 39 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
Section: | MATHEMATICS |
Elected: | 1988 |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1997 Professor Emeritus
- 1969-1997 Fellow of Trinity College
- 1966-1997 University Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Dublin
- 1964-1966 Lecturer in theoretical physics at the University of Durham
- 1962-1964 Research Associate at the University of Illinois
- 1961-1962 Research Fellow at University College London and at CERN, Geneva
Fields of Scholarship
- Theoretical elementary particle physics
- History of science (particularly Irish 19th century mathematics and theoretical physics)
Honours and Awards
- 1975 Member of the Royal Irish Academy
- 1988 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1999-2002 President of the Royal Irish Academy