John D. Barrow#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2604 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
John D. Barrow passed away September 26, 2020.
Positions Held
- 2012 - 2015 Fellow, Gresham College
- 2012 - 2015 Emeritus Gresham Professor of Geometry
- 2008 - 2011 Gresham Professor of Geometry, Gresham College
- 2007 - 2010 Fellow of Gresham College
- 2003 - 2007 Gresham Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College, London
- 2004 - 2007 Vice President, Clare Hall, Cambridge
- 1999 Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge
- 1999 Director, Millennium Mathematics Project, University of Cambridge
- 1999 Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Dept. Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
- 1995 - 1999 Director, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex
- 1994 - 1999 PPARC Senior Fellow, University of Sussex
- 1992 - 1993 Royal Society Leverhulme Fellow, University of Sussex
- 1989 - 1990 Director, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex
- 1989 Reader, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex
- 1989 - 1999 Professor, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex
- 1986 - 1987 Nuffield Foundation Fellow, University of Sussex
- 1981 - 1988 Lecturer, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex
Fields of Scholarship
- Astroparticle physic
- Cosmology
- Theories of gravitation
- Astronomical tests of fundamental physics
- Astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- 1973 Durham University Mathematical Prize
- 1974 Durham University Prize
- 1974 Collingwood Mathematical Prize (Durham University and London Mathematical Society)
- 1975 Johnson Memorial Prize (Oxford University)
- 1977 Wallace Research Prize (Oxford University)
- 1977 Lindemann Fellowship of the English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth
- 1977 Junior Research Lectureship, Christ Church, Oxford
- 1980 Miller Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley
- 1986/1987 Nominated for the Bhappu Prize of the International Astronomical Union by the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1989 Samuel Locker Award in Astronomy
- 1995 Templeton Award
- 2000 Kelvin Medal, Royal Glasgow Philosophical Society, 1999 Wellcome Sci-art 2000 Award
- Italian Theatre Awards, Premi Ubu 2002 Prize for best play (awarded for Infinities)
- 2003 Italgas Prize for Promulgation of Science, (awarded for Infinities)
- 2005 Lacchini Prize and Medal of the Unione Astrofili Italiani
- 2005 Honorary Concurrent Professor of Physics, University of Nanjing, China
- Queen's Anniversary Prize 2006 (to Millennium Mathematics Project)
- 2006 Templeton Prize, Templeton Foundation
- 2008 - 2011 Gresham Professor of Geometry, Gresham College
- 2008 Michael Faraday Medal and Prize, Royal Society
- 2009 Gresham Prize, Mercers Company and Corporation of London (also to Millennium Mathematics Project) Kelvin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 2009.
- 2009 Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2009 Elected Titular Member, L'Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences
- 2010 Premio Oriente Science (Prize), Colletti Foundation
- 2011 Merck-Serono Prize for Science and Literature, Merck-Serono
- 2011 Gravity Research Foundation Research Essay 3rd prize
- 2011 Christopher Zeeman Medal, London Mathematical Society and IMA
- 2012 Premio Antica Pignolo (Literary Prize), Venice
- 2015 Dirac Prize and Gold Medal of the Institute of Physics
- 2016 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
