Michael Atiyah

Honorary Professor University of Edinburgh and Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge Those elected to the office of President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) are by any standards, outstanding and distinguished individuals. But even by these elevated standards, Sir Michael Atiyah was truly exceptional. He wa... Read More

Elmer Rees

Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh; Visiting Professor, University of Bristol It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Professor Elmer Rees. Elmer Gethin Rees was born in Carmarthenshire, West Wales, on 9 November 1941 and died on 4 October 2019. Elmer was an underg... Read More