Background
Roxburgh, Ian Walter was born on August 31, 1939 in Sheffield, England. Son of Walter McRonald and Kathleen Joyce (Prescott) Roxburgh.
astronomy and mathematics educator
Roxburgh, Ian Walter was born on August 31, 1939 in Sheffield, England. Son of Walter McRonald and Kathleen Joyce (Prescott) Roxburgh.
Bachelor of Science, University Nottingham, England, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1963.
Assistant lecturer, Kings College, London, 1963-1964;
lecturer, Kings College, London, 1964-1966;
reader, U. Sussex, England, 1966-1967;
professor, Queen Mary & Westfield College, since 1967;
head School Mathematics Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, 1983-1995;
director astronomy unit, Queen Mary & Westfield College, 1983-1995. Bicentennial professor of University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1976. Visiting scientist National.Ctr. for Atmos Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1966-1975, U. Catania, Sicily, Italy, 1971-1980.
National Science Foundation fellow Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1964. Chairman Committee of Heads of Depts. of Mathematics and Statistics, United Kingdom, 1988-1993.
Advisory Liberal Party, United Kingdom, 1968-1982. Parliamentary candidate Liberal Party, 1970, Social Democratic Party, 1983. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, Institute Physics.
Member London Mathematics Society, British Society for Philosophy of Science, European Physical Society, European Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union (president commission).
Married Diana Patricia Dunn, August 20, 1960. Children: Malcolm Alexander, Kathleen Mary, Patrick Rufus.