Marcus du Sautoy
Mathematician, Academic
1965 –
Who is Marcus du Sautoy?
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy, OBE is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College. He is President of the Mathematical Association. He was previously an EPSRC Senior Media Fellow and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.
His academic work concerns mainly group theory and number theory. In October 2008, he was appointed to the Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science, succeeding the inaugural holder Richard Dawkins. His surname is pronounced.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1965
London - Also known as
- Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy
- Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy, OBE
- Prof Marcus Du Sautoy
- Marcus Du Sautoy
- Mâkasu Dhyu Sôtoi
- Professor Marcus du Sautoy
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oxford
- Wadham College, Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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