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Martin C. "Dill" Faulkes (born 1944) is a British businessman. Faulkes has a Special Mathematics degree from Hull University , [ 1 ] a PhD in mathematics from Queen Elizabeth Co...

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Martin C. "Dill" Faulkes (born 1944) is a British businessman.

Faulkes has a Special Mathematics degree from Hull University,[1] a PhD in mathematics from Queen Elizabeth College, London and did postdoctoral work in general relativity.

He then left academia and went into software. He worked for the company Logica, then SPL, which was bought by Systems Designers. He then invested money in a variety of software companies and made a lot of money on the flotation of Triad and the private sale of SmartGroups.com.

Philanthropy

He is chair of the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust[2] which has made donations to a number of scientific causes including the Faulkes Telescope Project.

Faulkes contributed towards the building of Cambridge University's Centre for Mathematical Sciences and has the Faulkes Gatehouse and Faulkes Institute for Geometry named after him.[3]

Faulkes is a gliding enthusiast[4] having been part of Hull University's Flying Squadron as a student[5] and for a time subsidised "mini-lessons" for children in gliding via the Faulkes Flying Foundation.

His trust has also funded "Bell projects" including replacing the bells at Trinity Church (Manhattan).[6]

Honours and awards

Faulkes has been made an honorary fellow by some UK academic institutions such as the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics at Hull University.[7] and in 2017 at Cardiff University.[8] He subsequently returned an honorary doctorate awarded by the University of South Wales in protest at the university's decision to close its observational astronomy course.[9]

He has had an asteroid (47144 Faulkes) named after him.[10]

References

  1. ↑"Inspired in Hull with Dill Faulkes – "From Hull to the Cosmos: Maths and My Life in Astrophysics"". www.milnehull.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ↑"Trustees, THE DILL FAULKES EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED - 1070864, Register of Charities - The Charity Commission". register-of-charities.charitycommission.org.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Instituto Faulkes de Geometría" . www.cms.cam.ac.uk. Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  4. ↑ Bloom, Adi (13 de junio de 2003). "Solo los buenos se doran" . www.tes.co.uk. Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  5. ↑ ""Una universidad debe ser un lugar de inclusión y tolerancia" Dill Faulkes . hullalumni.me . 10 de mayo de 2018. Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  6. ↑ Wakin, Daniel (4 de septiembre de 2009). "From 12 Ropes and Bells, a River of Sound Over Wall St" . Recuperado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  7. ↑ "Centro EA Milne de Astrofísica" . www.milnehull.ac.uk . Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  8. ↑ "Miembros Honorarios 2017" . www.cardiff.ac.uk . Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  9. ↑ Evans, Gareth (9 de febrero de 2015). "El fundador del telescopio Faulkes critica la decisión de la universidad de cerrar el curso de astronomía" . Wales Online . Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2023 .
  10. ↑ Sherriff, Lucy. "Asteroide nombrado en honor a Dill Faulkes" . www.theregister.com . Consultado el 19 de febrero de 2021 .
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