Timothy O'Shea

Sir Timothy O'Shea
O'Shea signing an agreement between Peking University and Edinburgh University in 2012
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh
In office 2002–2018
Chancellor	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Anne, Princess Royal
Preceded by	The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
Succeeded by	Peter Mathieson
Master of Birkbeck, University of London
In office 1 January 1998 – 31 December 2002
Chancellor	Anne, Princess Royal
Preceded by	The Baroness Blackstone
Succeeded by	David Latchman (as Vice-Chancellor)
Personal details
Born	(1949-03-28) 28 March 1949 (age 75) Hamburg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Sussex University of Leeds

Sir Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea FRSE (born 28 March 1949,^[1] Hamburg, Germany)^[2] is a British computer scientist and academic. He was the Master of Birkbeck, University of London from 1998 to 2002 and subsequently Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 2002 to 2018.