Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy
OBE FRS
Du Sautoy in 2016
Born
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy

(1965-08-26) 26 August 1965 (age 59)[4][5]
London, England
CitizenshipBritish
EducationKing James's Sixth Form College[4]
Gillots Comprehensive School[4]
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known forThe Music of the Primes
Spouse
Shani Ram
​
(m. 1994)​
[4]
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Symmetry
Group theory
Number theory
Public engagement[1]
InstitutionsAll Souls College, Oxford
Wadham College, Oxford
New College, Oxford
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
ThesisDiscrete Groups, Analytic Groups and Poincaré Series (1989)
Doctoral advisorDan Segal[2][3]
Marcus du Sautoy's voice
Recorded January 2011 from the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time
Websitewww.simonyi.ox.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (/dʊ ˈsoʊtɔɪ/;[6] born 26 August 1965)[4][7] is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford,[8][9] Fellow of New College, Oxford[10] and author of popular mathematics and popular science books.[11] He was previously[when?] a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Wadham College, Oxford and served as president of the Mathematical Association, an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) senior media fellow,[12][13] and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.[14]

In 1996, he was awarded the title of distinction of Professor of Mathematics.[citation needed]

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  3. ^ Marcus du Sautoy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b c d e Anon (2017). "du Sautoy, Prof. Marcus Peter Francis". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.245193. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Prof Marcus du Sautoy portrait". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  6. ^ Miller, G. M., ed. (1971) BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names. London: Oxford University Press; p. Du
  7. ^ McKie, Robin (2 November 2008). "A mathematician who's in his prime". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  8. ^ "New Simonyi Chair appointed". University of Oxford. 28 October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  9. ^ "About Marcus". Archived from the original on 2 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Marcus du Sautoy, OBE". New College, Oxford. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Marcus Du Sautoy books on Amazon". amazon.co.uk.
  12. ^ "UK government grants awarded to Marcus du Sautoy". ukri.org. UK Research and Innovation.
  13. ^ "Marcus du Sautoy – Cutting an impressive figure". ukri.org. UK Research and Innovation. 16 January 2024.
  14. ^ Marcus du Sautoy Official website Edit this at Wikidata