Background
SIMMS, David was born on January 13, 1933 in Sankeshwar, India. Son of John Gerald Simms and Eileen Mary (nee Goold-Verschoyle) Simms.
SIMMS, David was born on January 13, 1933 in Sankeshwar, India. Son of John Gerald Simms and Eileen Mary (nee Goold-Verschoyle) Simms.
Bachelor of Arts, University Dublin, 1955, Master of Arts, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy., University Cambridge, England, 1960.
Assistant in mathematics, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1958-1960, lecturer in mathematics, 1960-1964. Instructor mathematics, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1962-1963. Lecturer pure mathematics, Trinity College, University Dublin, Ireland, 1964-1973, fellow, since 1972, associate professor pure mathematics, since 1973.
Visiting professor mathematics, University Bonn, Germany, 1966-1967, 72-73, 78-80.
Author: Lie Groups and Quantum Mechanics, 1968. (with others) Lectures on Geometric Quantization, 1976.
Member Royal Irish Academy (vice president 1983-1984, 87-88).
Married Anngret Erichson, July 16, 1965. Children– Brendan Peter, Daniel Paul, Ciaran Knut.