Ed CorriganFrancis Edward Corrigan is a British mathematician and theoretical physicist. He is Professor at the University of York.Early life and educationCorrigan attended St Bede's College, Manchester and earned a BA and PhD at the University of Cambridge.CareerHe was Addison Wheeler Fellow in the Department of Mathematical Sciences Durham University 1972–74, CERN Fellow 1974–75, and returned to work at Durham from 1976 to 1999. He then moved to the University of York where he was Head of Department of Mathematics 1999–2004, 2005–2007 and 2011–2015. He served as Principal of Collingwood College, Durham, from 2008 to 2011.