Nicholas Bingham

Nicholas Hugh Bingham (born 19 March 1945 in York) is a British mathematician working in the field of probability theory, stochastic analysis and analysis more generally.

Nick Bingham
Born (1945-03-19) 19 March 1945
York, UK
Alma materOxford University
Cambridge University
Scientific career
FieldsProbability, Analysis
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
Imperial College London
Doctoral advisorD.G. Kendall

Education and career

Bingham is currently a Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London, and is a Visiting Professor at both the London School of Economics and the University of Liverpool.[1][2][3]

After undergraduate studies in mathematics at Trinity College, Oxford, where he achieved a first class honours degree, he was a research student at Churchill College, Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD in 1969 under the supervision of David George Kendall. In 1996 he also obtained a ScD from the University of Cambridge.[4]

He serves as Associate Editor of Expositiones Mathematicae and Obituaries Editor of the London Mathematical Society.

With C.M. Goldie and Jozef L. Teugels, Bingham wrote the book Regular Variation;[5] with Rüdiger Kiesel Risk-neutral Valuation: Pricing and Hedging of Financial Derivatives;[6] with J. M. Fry Regression.[7]

Personal life

Bingham is married to Cecilie (m. 1980). They have 3 children: James (1982), Ruth (1985), and Tom (1993).[8]

He is a competitive runner, with a best marathon time of 2:46:52 in the 1991 Abingdon Marathon, aged 46.[8] He is a member of Barnet and District AC.

References
  1. "Imperial College". Imperial College London. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. "London School of Economics". London School of Economics. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. "University of Liverpool". University of Liverpool. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. "math genealogy". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  5. Regular Variation. ASIN 0521379431.
  6. Risk Neutral Valuation. ASIN 184996873X.
  7. "Regular Variation". Imperial College London. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  8. "Homepage of Nick".
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