| Authorised form of name | Davies; Edward Brian; mathematician |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 13 June 1944 |
| Place of death | 20250602 |
| Date of death | 2 June 2025 |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Research field | Quantum systems |
| Mathematical physics |
| Spectral theory |
| Pure mathematics |
| Activity | Education: St John's College, Oxford Ph.D 1965
Career: Chair in Mathematics, King's College London (1981-2010); Head of the Department of Mathematics (1990-1993); Head of the Analysis Group (1990-2010)
Memberships:
London Mathematical Society 1973 (President 2007-2009)
Learned Society of Wales
Awards/Medals:
LMS Senior Berwick Prize in 1988
Fellow of King’s College London 1996
King’s Award for Lifetime Achievement 2010
LMS Polya Prize 2011 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/03/1995 |
| Age at election | 50 |
| PublishedWorks | RCN R69632
RCN R70422
RCN R83740 |
| OtherInfo | Outstanding and prolific analyst who has made important contributions to many branches of mathematics and mathematical physics. In particular, his study of Schrödinger operators, scattering theory and the dynamics of quantum systems is of central importance. He later made deep contributions to the theory of the heat equation on general manifolds. |
| Source | The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Brian Davies FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/brian-davies-11305/; last accessed: 20/08/2025]
London Mathematical Society, Professor E. Brian Davies FRS (1945-2025), [URL: https://www.lms.ac.uk/news/e-brian-davies; last accessed: 20/08/2025]
King's College London, News Centre, Remembering Professor Edward Brian Davies FRS, 25 June 2025, [URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembering-professor-edward-brian-davies-frs; last accessed: 20/08/2025]
European Mathematical Society, Enrico Schlitzer, Edward Brian Davies (1944-2025) ,23 June 2025, [URL: https://euromathsoc.org/news/edward-brian-davies-(1944-2025)-178; last accessed: 20/08/2025] |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/223833417 |
| Code | NA4602 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1995/06 | Davies, Edward Brian: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1990 |
| IM/001082 | Davies, Edward Brian | 1995 |
| IM/001083 | Davies, Edward Brian | nd |