EMS Secretaries

Edinburgh Mathematical Society - Honorary Secretaries

The Edinburgh Mathematical Society was founded in 1883. The first officers were elected at the first meeting of the Society which took place at 8 p.m. on Friday 2 February 1883 in the Mathematics Classroom of Edinburgh University. The first secretary served for less than a year, with the second secretary elected to serve from the beginning of academic year 1883-84. The Society had one secretary from its foundation in 1883 until 1971 when J D P Meldrum became a second secretary and J L Mott, who had been appointed in 1960, continued as secretary. From that time on the Society has had two honorary secretaries.

1883	C G Knott
1883-1888	A Y Fraser
1888-1891	J Alison
1891-1896	J B Clark
1896-1899	J W Butters
1899-1904	D C McIntosh
1904-1908	P Pinkerton
1908-1911	A G Burgess
1911-1916	P Comrie
1916-1921	P Ramsay
1921-1924	B B Baker
1924-1930	E T Copson
1930-1933	H S Ruse
1933-1938	I M H Etherington
1938-1939	J B Marshall
1939-1944	I M H Etherington
1944-1947	J B Marshall
1947-1953	R Smart
1953-1960	J Fulton
1960-1974	J L Mott
1971-1980	J D P Meldrum
1974-1983	T A Gillespie
1980-1993	J Martin
1983-1992	C J Shaddock
1992-2003	P Heywood
1993-2000	C J Smyth
2000-2009	A D Gilbert
2003-	T H Lenagan
2009-2011	A M Davie
2011-	A Smoktunowicz

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