Raymond Flood (mathematician)
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Raymond Flood | |
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 Raymond Flood at Gresham College, 2012 | |
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| Fields | Mathematics History of mathematics Computational mathematics Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | University of Oxford Kellogg College Gresham College British Society for the History of Mathematics Committee for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology |
Raymond Flood is Emeritus Fellow and a member of the Continuing Education Department at Kellogg College, Oxford,[1] and has been a Professor of Geometry at Gresham College.[2]
Flood achieved a Bachelor of Science degree at Queens University, Belfast, and a master's degree at Linacre College, Oxford. He obtained his PhD from University College, Dublin.[3] Flood obtained his doctorate through part-time study, as he had already acquired a family and a job.[4]
Career
In 1990, Flood was made a Founding Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, formally Rewley House. Kellogg College, Oxford was created to look after the interests of mature and part-time students. Flood primarily teaches those students who are either mature, or who study part-time.[4] He has held numerous positions at the College and the University of Oxford, including Curator of the University Libraries and as a University lecturer at the University of Oxford.[1]
Flood has dedicated much of his academic career promoting mathematics and computing to adult audiences. He has been President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics from 2006 until 2009,[5] and also Research Associate in the School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.[1] On Gresham College, Flood has said "Gresham College comes from a long tradition of liberal adult education. Allowing people from a variety of backgrounds... to get access to current thinking on the major issues of the day. Gresham College ethos is very similar to my own ethos"[6]
In August 2012, Flood was appointed Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College for a period of three years, replacing John D. Barrow.[7] During his term at the College he delivered series of free public lectures on Shaping Modern Mathematics,[8] Applying Modern Mathematics,[9] and Great Mathematicians, Great Mathematics.[10]
