The British Society for the History of Mathematics

About the Society

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The British Society for the History of Mathematics exists:

• to promote and encourage research in the history of mathematics and the dissemination of the results of such research;
• to promote and develop for the public benefit, awareness, knowledge, study and teaching of the history of mathematics;
• to promote the use of the history of mathematics at all levels in mathematics education in order to enhance the teaching of mathematics for the public benefit.

It was founded in 1971, and has built an international reputation for promoting historical studies of mathematics. It is run by an elected Council, whose officers have included many distinguished scholars. Today the Society organises meetings, publishes a Bulletin, and provides a focus for the dissemination of information about research and other activities involving the history of mathematics in schools, colleges, universities and elsewhere. It also awards the BSHM Neumann Prize for a book dealing with the history of mathematics. The Society is a member of the Joint Mathematical Council of the United Kingdom.

Further information is available about membership of the Society and its benefits, about the Society's programme of events, and about its current Council. This site also contains a substantial amount of information about the history of the Society itself:

• meetings of the Society (1992 – 2007);
• talks given at those meetings;
• contents of the Bulletin (formerly the Newsletter) (1992 – 2005);
• presidents of the Society (1971 – 2007).

The British Society for the History of Mathematics is registered as a company limited by guarantee, no. 3326816, and as a charity, no. 1061229. Its registered office is c/o Andrew Thurburn & Co, 38 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1XU, UK.