Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman. 4 February 1925—13 February 2016

Abstract

Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman, formerly Foundation Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, and Vice-President of the Royal Society, was for over 40 years a leading figure in British mathematical life. A brilliant mathematician, exceptional lecturer, prodigious polymath and deep-thinking leader and administrator, Christopher Zeeman had a remarkable influence on British mathematics. He made major research contributions to topology, dynamical systems, catastrophe and singularity theory, and applications of mathematics in the physical, biological and social sciences. Particularly notable among his many other achievements were his foundation of the Warwick Mathematics Institute and his contributions to the public understanding of science.