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Who was the first to hold the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at Cambridge University?
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The Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics is a chair in mathematics at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1663 and is the oldest professorship in mathematics in the world. The first person to hold the chair was Isaac Barrow, who was appointed in 1663. Barrow was a mathematician and physicist who made important contributions to the study of optics and calculus.
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