David J. Simms

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David J. Simms is a Fellow Emeritus and former Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin.

[edit] Academic Career

Simms completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics in Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1955. He was elected a Scholar of the College in 1952, when he was just in the first year of his degree, a notable achievement. He went on to do a Ph.D. in the University of Cambridge under W.V.D.Hodge^[1]. Simms lectured in Glasgow University before returning to Trinity.

Simms' research interests include differential geometry and geometric quantisation.

He is the author of the books:

Lie Groups and Quantum Mechanics, Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics Number 52, 1968
Lectures on Geometric Quantization, (with N.M.J. Woodhouse) Springer Lecture Notes in Physics Number 53, 1976

and a number of professional papers.

[edit] Personal life

Simms is married to Anngret Erichson, a former associate professor and head of geography at University College Dublin. They have three sons.^[2] Until his retirement in 2004 Simms' students were invited to his house each year, where his children waited on them, and Frau Simms cooked good food.

As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the SS City of Cairo in November 1942. He is also the nephew of Irish communist Brian Goold-Verschoyle.

Simms is frequently rumoured to have invented the Guinness Widget^{[citation needed]}.