Robin Wilson (mathematician)

Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson in 2011
Born
Robin James Wilson

(1943-12-05) 5 December 1943 (age 80)
London, England
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD)
Spouse
Joy Crispin
(m. 1968)
Children2
Parent(s)Harold Wilson
Mary Baldwin
Scientific career
FieldsGraph theory
InstitutionsOpen University
University of Oxford
Gresham College
Doctoral advisorNesmith Ankeny
Doctoral studentsAmanda Chetwynd

Robin James Wilson (born 5 December 1943) is an English mathematician. He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Open University, having previously been Head of the Pure Mathematics Department and Dean of the Faculty.[1] He was a stipendiary lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford[2] and, from 2004 to 2008, Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London.[3] On occasion, he teaches at Colorado College in the United States.[4] He is also a long standing fellow of Keble College, Oxford.

Professor Wilson is a son of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife, Mary.

  1. ^ "Prof Robin Wilson". UK: Open University, Department of Mathematics And Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ^ Pembroke College website
  3. ^ "Professor Robin Wilson". Gresham College. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Block Visitors" (PDF). Countable Bits. 8 (1). The Colorado College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.