Elmer Rees

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name = Elmer Gethin Rees

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caption = Elmer G. Rees
birth_date = 1941
birth_place = Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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residence = England
nationality = British
field = Mathematician
work_institution = Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research
alma_mater = University of Cambridge
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Professor Elmer Rees, FRSE (born 1941) is a mathematician with publications in area ranging from topology, differential geometry, algebraic geometry, linear algebra and Morse theory to robotics. He currently holds the post of Director of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, a partnership between Bristol University and the British signals intelligence agency GCHQ.

Rees was born in Llandybie and grew up in Wales. He studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge gaining a B.A. before moving on to Warwick for his Ph.D. His career had taken him to Hull, Institute for Advanced Study, Swansea and St Catherine's College, Oxford before becoming a professor at the University of Edinburgh in 1979 where he remained until retiring from the post in 2005.

He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1982. One of his most notable legacy was the establishment of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

External links and references

*Senatus Academicus, University of Edinburgh. " [http://www.aaps.ed.ac.uk/Committees/Senate/Senate_Pages/2005-06/20060607/SM-Rees.pdf "Special Minute - Professor Elmer Gethin Rees MA PhD FRSE"] ". Retrieved on 2006-10-21.
* [http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/index.html Edinburgh University School of Mathematics]
* [http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/research/labs/heilbronn/ Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research]

Persondata
NAME= Rees, Elmer Gethin
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH= 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH= Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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