Alexander Scott (British academic)
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Alex Scott (born 1967) is a British mathematician, currently Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Dominic Welsh Tutor in Mathematics at Merton College, Oxford.[1]
Early life
As a sixteen year old schoolboy, Scott wrote the role-playing game Maelstrom for Puffin Books.[2] He took his first degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining first class honours.
Career
From 1993 to 1997, Scott was a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated PhD in 1995.[3] His dissertation, titled "Unavoidable Induced Subgraphs", was supervised by Béla Bollobás.[4] From 1996 to 2001 he was Lecturer in Mathematics at University College, London, then Reader there from 2001 to 2005. In 1997 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Memphis. In 2005 he was elected as a fellow and appointed as Dominic Welsh Tutor in Mathematics at Merton College, Oxford, then in 2006 became Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford. [3][1]
References
- ^ a b "Alexander Scott". Oxford University. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Holter, Matthijs (1 April 2004). "Frem fra glemselen" [From Oblivion]. Imagonem (in Swedish).
- ^ a b "Alexander David Scott, Professor of Mathematics", University of Oxford, accessed 28 October 2025
- ^ "Alexander David Scott", mathgenealogy.org, accessed 28 October 2025