Origin of the name

Hobbies:

• Walking, particularly hill and mountain walking;
• Wildflower photography, particularly orchids;
• Classical music (link to Balliol College Musical Society);
• Philology.

Brief cv:

• Christchurch Primary School, Cheltenham;
• Cheltenham Grammar School; link
• National Coal Board Research Centre, Stoke Orchard, now IEA Greenhouse Gas R+D;
• BA and DPhil in Mathematics (Oxford): link;
• Royal Society Visitor at the ETH in Zurich: link;
• CLE Moore Instructor at MIT: link;
• CUF Lecturer in Mathematics at Oxford: link, and  
  Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics at Balliol College: link  
  • Senior Tutor, 1992-95;
  • Vice-Master, 1998-2002;
  • Vice-Master (Academic), 2007-.
  
   

Societies:

• London Mathematical Society;
• International Association of Mathematical Physics;
• British Society for the History of Mathematics;
• European Mathematical Society;
• Balliol College Musical Society.

Other useful links:

• MathSciNet;
• e-Print archive mirror;
• St Andrews History of Mathematics.