David J. Simms | |
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 David Simms in 1998 | |
| Born | 13 January 1933 Sankeshwar, India |
| Died | 24 June 2018 (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Trinity College Dublin Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Trinity College Dublin |
| Academic advisors | W. V. D. Hodge |
David John Simms (13 January 1933 – 24 June 2018) was an Indian-born Irish mathematician who was a Fellow Emeritus and former Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Sankeshwar, Mysore (the state now known as Karnataka), India, he specialized in differential geometry and geometric quantisation. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy from 1978 and was a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.[1]
- ^ David John Simms obituary Irish Math. Soc. Bulletin No. 88, Winter 2021, 15–22