Background
HOOLEY, Christopher was born on August 7, 1928 in Edinburgh. Son of Leonard Joseph Hooley and Barbara Hooley.
mathematician university professor
HOOLEY, Christopher was born on August 7, 1928 in Edinburgh. Son of Leonard Joseph Hooley and Barbara Hooley.
He did his Doctor of Philosophy under the supervision of Albert Ingham.
Fellow, Corpus Christi College 1955-1958. Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Bristol 1958-1965. Professor, of Pure Mathematics, University of Durham 1965-1967.
Professor, of Pure Mathematics, and Head of Department, of Pure Mathematics, University College Cardiff since 1967, Dean of Faculty of Science 1973-1976, Deputy Principal University College Cardiff 1979-1981.
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, United States of America on several occasions since 1970, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Paris 1984.
Married Birgitta Kniep in 1954.