- For other people of the same name, see John Smith (disambiguation).
| John Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | England |
| Fields | Geometry |
John Smith was an English mathematician: He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1766 to 1797.
| Savilian Professors of Geometry | |
|---|---|
*Henry Briggs (1619)
*Peter Turner (1631) *John Wallis (1649) *Edmond Halley (1704) *Nathaniel Bliss (1742) *Joseph Betts (1765) *John Smith (1766) *Abraham Robertson (1797) *Stephen Rigaud (1810)
*Henry John Stephen Smith (1861) *James Joseph Sylvester (1883) *William Esson (1897) *Godfrey Harold Hardy (1920) *Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1931) *Michael Atiyah (1963) *Ioan James (1969)
*Nigel Hitchin (1997) | |
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