Maths Society "What mathematics did for me", by Dr MC Faulkes
- When?
- Tuesday 8 February 2011, 18:00 to 19:00
- Where?
- Lecture Theatre L
- Open to:
- Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Dr Dill Faulkes
Short Bio: Dr Faulkes is the founder of the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust, which supports educational programmes that seek to inspire young people. Dr Faulkes did his first degree and his PhD in mathematics, and went on to do post-doc research in general relativity. He then left academia and went into software. He worked for the company Logica, later SPL which was bought by Systems Designers. Dr Faulkes invested money in a variety of software companies and following the flotation of Triad and the private sale of SmartGroups.com, he was able to establish his educational trust.
Among the projects the Trust has established includes the Faulkes Telescope Project, which was made possible by an 18million dollar donation from Dr Faulkes. Further details can be found here.