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Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry

The Lowndean chair of Astronomy and Geometry is one of the two major Professorships in Astronomy and a major Professorship in Mathematics at Cambridge University. It was founded in 1749 by Thomas Lowndes, an astronomer from Overton in Cheshire.

Lowndean Professors
• 1750–1771 Roger Long • 1771–1795 John Smith • 1795–1837 William Lax • 1837–1859 George Peacock • 1859–1892 John Couch Adams • 1892–1913 Robert Stawell Ball • 1914–1936 H. F. Baker • 1936–1970 W. V. D. Hodge • 1970–1989 J. Frank Adams • 1990–1999 Graeme Segal • 2000–2014 Burt Totaro • 2015-present Mihalis Dafermos ==References==
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