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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Simms was married to Anngret Erichson, a former associate professor and head of geography at [[University College Dublin]]. They had three sons,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2004/1120/1099561067816.html | title=A Career Mapped Out | newspaper=The Irish Times | date=20 November 2004}}</ref> one of whom, [[Brendan Simms]], is a professor of international relations at Cambridge University. As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the [[SS City of Cairo]] in November 1942.<ref>[http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/passengerlist.php passenger list] SS City of Cairo</ref><ref>[http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/simms.php Thirteen Days in a Lifeboat: An account of the sinking] by David Simms, SS City of Cairo</ref> He was also the nephew of Irish communist [[Brian Goold-Verschoyle]].<ref>[ | Simms was married to Anngret Erichson, a former associate professor and head of geography at [[University College Dublin]]. They had three sons,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2004/1120/1099561067816.html | title=A Career Mapped Out | newspaper=The Irish Times | date=20 November 2004}}</ref> one of whom, [[Brendan Simms]], is a professor of international relations at Cambridge University. As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the [[SS City of Cairo]] in November 1942.<ref>[http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/passengerlist.php passenger list] SS City of Cairo</ref><ref>[http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/simms.php Thirteen Days in a Lifeboat: An account of the sinking] by David Simms, SS City of Cairo</ref> He was also the nephew of Irish communist [[Brian Goold-Verschoyle]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6759483.stm ''Irish victims of Stalin uncovered,'' BBC, 16 June 2007]</ref> He was also the nephew of [[George Simms|Archbishop George Otto Simms]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Guidera|first=Anita|title=Academic caught up in factory planning dispute|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/academic-caught-up-in-factory-planning-dispute-76218.html|accessdate=9 November 2012|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=1 September 2006}}</ref> | ||
Simms died on 25 June 2018 in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death Notice of David SIMMS |url=https://rip.ie/showdn.php?dn=358491/DavidSIMMS/Sandymount/Dublin |website=[[RIP.ie]] |accessdate=26 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/simms-david/53797727 | title=Simms, David : Death notice | date=26 June 2018 | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | accessdate=9 August 2019 }}</ref> | Simms died on 25 June 2018 in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death Notice of David SIMMS |url=https://rip.ie/showdn.php?dn=358491/DavidSIMMS/Sandymount/Dublin |website=[[RIP.ie]] |accessdate=26 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/simms-david/53797727 | title=Simms, David : Death notice | date=26 June 2018 | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | accessdate=9 August 2019 }}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:44, 30 December 2025
Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". David John Simms (13 January 1933 – 24 June 2018) was an Indian-born Irish mathematician who was a Fellow Emeritus and former Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Sankeshwar, Mysore (the state now known as Karnataka), India, he specialized in differential geometry and geometric quantisation. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy from 1978 and was a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.[1]
Academic career
Simms completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics in Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1955. He was elected a Scholar of the College in 1952, when he was just in the first year of his degree, a notable achievement. He went on to do a Ph.D. in the University of Cambridge under W. V. D. Hodge.[2] Simms lectured in Glasgow University before returning to Trinity. He served as head of the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics from 1991 to 1998.[1]
Simms' research interests included differential geometry and geometric quantisation.
Books and select publications
- Lie Groups and Quantum Mechanics, Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics Number 52, 1968
- Lectures on Geometric Quantization, (with N.M.J. Woodhouse) Springer Lecture Notes in Physics Number 53, 1976 professional papers.
- Geometric quantization of energy levels in the Kepler problem, D.J. Simms - Symposia Mathematica, 1974[3]
David Simms was a member of the Royal Irish Academy since 1978.[4] He was a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.[5]
Personal life
Simms was married to Anngret Erichson, a former associate professor and head of geography at University College Dublin. They had three sons,[6] one of whom, Brendan Simms, is a professor of international relations at Cambridge University. As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the SS City of Cairo in November 1942.[7][8] He was also the nephew of Irish communist Brian Goold-Verschoyle.[9] He was also the nephew of Archbishop George Otto Simms.[10]
Simms died on 25 June 2018 in Dublin.[11][12]
References
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- ↑ a b David John Simms obituary Irish Math. Soc. Bulletin No. 88, Winter 2021, 15–22
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- ↑ Editorial Board. Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Accessed 24 December 2009.
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- ↑ passenger list SS City of Cairo
- ↑ Thirteen Days in a Lifeboat: An account of the sinking by David Simms, SS City of Cairo
- ↑ Irish victims of Stalin uncovered, BBC, 16 June 2007
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- 1933 births
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- Academics of Trinity College Dublin
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Differential geometers
- Fellows of Trinity College Dublin
- Members of the Royal Irish Academy
- Scholars of Trinity College Dublin
- 20th-century Irish mathematicians