Sir Michael (Francis) Atiyah, OM, FRS
Date of birth:
22 April 1929, London
Education:
Trinity College, Cambridge — BA (1952), PhD (1955)
Academic career:
1954–58: Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge
1957–58: Assistant Lecturer, Cambridge University
1958–61: Lecturer, Cambridge University & Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
1961–63: Reader, Oxford University
1963–69: Savilian Professor of Geometry, and Fellow of New College, Oxford University
1969–72: Professor of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
1973–90: Royal Society Research Professor & Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford
1990–96: Director, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge
1990–97: Master, Trinity College, Cambridge
1995–2005: Chancellor, Leicester University
1997–present: Honorary Professor, Edinburgh University
Publications
Collected Works (6 volumes), Oxford University Press
Honorary fellowships:
1976: Trinity College, Cambridge
1983: Pembroke College, Cambridge
1991: St Catherine's College, Oxford
1992: Darwin College, Cambridge
1999: New College, Oxford
1999: Faculty of Actuaries, Edinburgh
Visiting appointments:
1955–56,1959, 1967–68, 1975: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
1962, 1964: Harvard University
1968: University of Chicago
1996: University of California, Berkeley
2002: California Institute of Technology
2004: University of Michigan
Awards and memberships:
1962: Fellow of the Royal Society
1966: Fields Medal, International Congress of Mathematicians, Moscow
1968: Royal Medal, Royal Society
1980: De Morgan Medal, London Mathematical Society
1981: International Feltrinelli Prize for Mathematical Sciences
1983: Knight Bachelor
1985: Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
1987: King Faisal International Prize
1988: Copley Medal, Royal Society
1990: Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize, Royal Society of Edinburgh
1991: Hon Member, Royal Institution
1992: Order of Merit
1993: Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement (APS)
1993: Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medal (INSA)
1993: Hon Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
1994: Commander of the Order of the Cedars (Lebanon)
1996: Freedom of the City of London
1997: Order of Andres Bello (1st Class) Republic of Venezuela
1999: Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Actuaries
2001: Honorary Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
2003: Royal Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh
2004: Abel Prize
2005: Order of Merit (Gold), Lebanon
2008: President’s Medal, Institute of Physics
2010: National Order of Scientific Merit of Brazil
2010: Grande Medaille, French Academy of Sciences
2011: Grand Officier de la Legion d’Honneur
Honorary degrees:
1968: Hon DSc, University of Bonn
1969: Hon DSc, University of Warwick
1979: Hon DSc, University of Durham
1981: Hon DSc, University of St Andrews
1983: Hon DSc, Trinity College, Dublin
1983: Hon DSc, University of Chicago
1984: Hon DSc, University of Cambridge
1984: Hon Sc.D, University of Edinburgh
1985: Hon DSc, University of Essex
1985: Hon DSc, University of London
1986: Hon DSc, University of Sussex
1987: Hon Dsc, University of Ghent
1990: Hon DSc, University of Reading
1990: Hon DSc, University of Helsinki
1991: Hon DSc, University of Leicester
1992: Hon DSc, Rutgers University
1992: Hon DSc, University of Salamanca
1993: Hon Doct, University of Montreal
1993: Hon DMath, University of Waterloo
1993: Hon DSc, University of Wales
1994: Hon D Maths, Lebanese University
1994: Hon DSc, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
1994: Hon DSc, University of Keele
1994: Hon DSc, University of Birmingham
1995: Hon DUniv, Open University
1996: Hon DSc, UMIST
1996: Hon DSc, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1997: DSc, Brown University
1998: Hon DSc, University of Oxford
1998: Hon Fellowship, University of Wales, Swansea
1998: Hon DSc, Charles University, Prague
1999: Hon DSc, Heriot-Watt University
2001: University of Mexico
2004: Hon D.Hum.Lit., American University of Beirut
2005: Hon DSc, University of York
2006: Hon DSc, Harvard University
2007: Hon D, Scuola Normale, Pisa
2008: Hon DSc, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Appointments:
Member of Executive Committee of International Mathematical Union (1966–74)
President, London Mathematical Society (1975–77)
President, Mathematical Association (1981–82)
Member of Science & Engineering Research Council (1984–89)
Member of Council of Royal Society (1973–74)
Vice-President, Royal Society (1984–85)
Chairman of European Mathematical Council (1978–90)
President, The Royal Society (1990–1995)
President, Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs (1997–2002)
Chairman, CAMS, American University of Beirut, International Advisory Committee (1996)
President, Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005–2008)
Foreign memberships:
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1969)
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1972)
Leopoldina Academy (1977)
National Academy of Sciences, USA (1978)
Academie des Sciences, France (1978)
Royal Irish Academy (1979)
Third World Academy of Science (Founding Member) (1983)
Australian Academy of Sciences (1992)
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1992)
Indian National Science Academy (1993)
Russian Academy of Sciences (1994)
Georgian Academy of Sciences (1996)
Venezuelan Academy of Sciences (1997)
American Philosophical Society (1998)
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome (1999)
Royal Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters (2001)
Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (2002)
Czechoslovakia Union of Mathematics,
Moscow Mathematical Society
Hon. Prof. Chinese Academy of Science
Lebanese Academy of Sciences (2008)
Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
