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Mathematician

Occupation - Mathematician
Bailey, Victor Albert
Brown, Gavin
Carslaw, Horatio S
Payne-Scott, Ruby
Pell, Morris Birkbeck

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Mathematician

Bailey, Victor Albert

Physicist.

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Brown, Gavin

Vice-Chancellor of Sydney University 1996-2008.

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Carslaw, Horatio S

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sydney who worked on the theory of conduction of heat.

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Payne-Scott, Ruby

Radiophysicist and mathematician who benefited from increased opportunities for women scientists at the outbreak of war but was still forced to resign when she became pregnant.

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Pell, Morris Birkbeck

Professor of mathematics who was chosen from 26 candidates as first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Sydney, with a salary of £825.

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