Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics
The Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics is an endowed professorial position in the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, England. The endowment came from the will of the celebrated locomotive designer and founder of locomotive builder Beyer, Peacock & Company, Charles Frederick Beyer. He was the university's largest single donor. The first appointment in 1881 was of Arthur Schuster who held the position until 1888. After Schuster’s departure, the chair of Mathematics to which Horace Lamb had been appointed in 1885 became the Beyer Professorship of Mathematics and remained so until Lamb’s retirement in 1920. At this point an existing chair, of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy to which Sydney Chapman had been appointed in 1919, was renamed the Beyer Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. After Chapman’s resignation, the Beyer title was applied to the chair of Applied Mathematics. There was no incumbent between 1937-1945. Most of the holders of the post were elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, an honour bestowed on a small minority of UK mathematics professors. Lamb, Champman, Milne and Goldstein all received the Smith's Prize and indication of early career promise. The other endowed chairs in mathematics at the University of Manchester are the Richardson Chair of Applied Mathematics, and  the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics as well as the named Sir Horace Lamb Chair. Beyer Professors

 1881–1888 Arthur Schuster
 1888–1920 Horace Lamb
 1920–1924 Sydney Chapman, Beyer Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy 
 1924–1928 Edward Arthur Milne
 1929–1937 Douglas Hartree
 1945–1950 Sydney Goldstein
 1950–1959 James Lighthill 
 1961–1990 Fritz Ursell
 1991–1996 Philip Hall 
 1996–2017 David Abrahams
 2017–     Pending appointment

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Professorships in mathematics
Professorships at the University of Manchester
Mathematics education in the United Kingdom
1881 establishments in England