Marcus du Sautoy Scientist

Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy /dʉˈsoʊtɔɪ/, OBE (born 26 August 1965) is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College. He is President of the Mathematical Association. He was previously an EPSRC Senior Media Fellow and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.His academic work concerns mainly group theory and number theory. In October 2008, he was appointed to the Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science, succeeding the inaugural holder Richard Dawkins.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	du Sautoy Marcus Peter Francis (full name)
Birth date	August 25, 1965
Birth name	Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy
Birth place	England , London
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Education	Wadham College Oxford
Known for	The Music of the Primes