Person Davies; Edward Brian; mathematician Davies Edward Brian mathematician British Male Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom 13 June 1944 19440613 20250602 2 June 2025

Mathematician Quantum systems Mathematical physics Spectral theory Pure mathematics 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 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. Fellow 09/03/1995 50 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] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN R69632 RCN R70422 RCN R83740 13 Jun 1944 - The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 20/08/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4602 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 20/08/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/223833417 250e9801-e2fc-4887-949e-9455ef5def0e