Ed Corrigan
{{Short description|British mathematician, theoretical physicist and professor}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ed Corrigan
| birth_name = Francis Edward Corrigan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1946|8|10}}
| birth_place = Birkenhead, England, UK
| nationality = British
| fields = Theoretical physics
| workplaces = University of Durham
University of York
| alma_mater = University of Cambridge
| thesis_title = Amplitudes and Vertices in Dual Models
| thesis_year = 1972
| doctoral_advisor = Ian T. Drummond
David Olive
| website = https://www.york.ac.uk/maths/staff/ed-corrigan/
}}
Francis Edward Corrigan FRS (born 10 August 1946, in Birkenhead) is a British mathematician, theoretical physicist,{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/20692/(Francis)%20Edward%20(Ed)+CORRIGAN.aspx |title= Prof Edward Corrigan, FRS Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Prof Edward Corrigan, FRS Profile|website=www.debretts.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630111247/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/20692/%28Francis%29%20Edward%20%28Ed%29+CORRIGAN.aspx |archive-date=30 June 2013}} and professor at the University of York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.york.ac.uk/maths/staff/ed-corrigan/|title = Ed Corrigan - Mathematics, University of York}}
Life
He attended [http://www.sbcm.co.uk St Bede's College, Manchester 1957-65] and earned a BA (1968) and PhD (1972) at the University of Cambridge.{{MathGenealogy|id=105121}}
He was Addison Wheeler Fellow in the Department of Mathematical Sciences Durham University 1972–74, CERN Fellow 1974–75, and worked at Durham from 1976 to 1999 (including as Head of Department 1996–98). He then moved to the University of York where he was Head of Department of Mathematics 1999–2004, 2005–2007 and 2011–2015. He was Principal of Collingwood College, Durham, from 2008 to 2011. His publications can be found via [https://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&p=f+a+corrigan%2Ced INSPIRE].
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Category:British theoretical physicists
Category:People from Birkenhead
Category:20th-century British mathematicians
Category:21st-century British mathematicians
Category:Academics of the University of York
Category:Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society