Personal information

Full Name: John Stephen Roy Chisholm
Date and Place of Birth: 5 November 1926, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage to Monty Eriksen, 1 August 1953

Children

Carol May, born 16 November 1958
David Stephen, born 12 December 1960
Alison Mary, born 15 December, 1963

Education

1934-1939: Preparatory school
1939-45: Highgate School, North London (Scholar, Head of School)
1945-1951: Christ's College, Cambridge University (Major Scholar)
1947: Wrangler , Part 2 Tripos
1948: Distinction, Part 3 Tripos
1952: Doctor of Philosophy

Academic Posts

1951-1954: Nuffield Research Fellow in Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow

1954 -1960: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University College, Cardiff

1960-1962: Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University College, Cardiff

1962-1965: Professor of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin

1962-1963: Research Associate, CERN, Geneva

1965-1966: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Texas A&M University

1965-1994: Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Kent

1994-: Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Kent

Public Appointments

1960-1962: Secretary, Cardiff UC Association of University Teachers
1963-1965: Governor of Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies
1963-1965: Member of Irish OECD Commission on Teaching Mathematics to Engineers
1968-1981: Chairman of University of Kent Sport & Recreation Committee
1973-1976: Chairman of UKC School of Mathematics
1976-1979: Chairman of Conference of Professors of Applied Mathematics
1971-1980: Committee member of Mathematical Physics section of the Institute of Physics

1977-1980: Member of the Joint Mathematical Council

1982: Member of British Council Commission on Technical University of Lisbon

1995-: Member of Editorial Committee of Advances in Applied Clifford Algebra

Membership and Fellowship

1962-: Member of the Royal Irish Academy

1971-1985: Member of European Physical Society

1976-: Fellow of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

1977-: Member of International Association of Mathematical Physics

1981-: Fellow of Institute of Physics

1985-: Member of London Mathematical Society

1989-1994: Member of Conference of University Professors

1989-1994: Member of the Athenaeum

1995-: Member of British Society for the History of Mathematics

2005: Chevalier de la Dive Bouteille de Gaillac