Background
Proctor was born on 19 September 1950. The son of a farmer, he grew up in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Dean mathematician physicist provost tutor
Proctor was born on 19 September 1950. The son of a farmer, he grew up in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
He was educated at Shrewsbury School, then an all-boys public boarding school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
He is Professor of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics at the University of Cambridge and, since his election in 2013, the current Provost of King"s College, Cambridge. He remained at the University of Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research under the supervision of H. K. Moffatt. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) degree in 1975.
In 1974, Proctor was elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
From 1975 to 1977, he was a postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to the University of Cambridge in 1977 as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
In the same year he was appointed a college lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served as a tutor at Trinity from 1979 to 1991, and from 1992 to 1994.
At university level, he was promoted to lecturer in 1982.
He was promoted to Reader in 1994. In the same year, he was elected Dean of Trinity College. In 2000, he was appointed Professor of Astrophysical Fluid dynamics.
He was elected Vice-Master of Trinity College in 2006, deputising for Lord Rees.
In 2012, he was elected Provost of King"s College, Cambridge. He moved from Trinity to King"s to take up the position at the start of the 2013 academic year.
Royal Society.