Tony Gardiner was a British mathematician who until 2012 held the position of Reader in Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Birmingham.
11 Facts About Tony Gardiner
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Tony Gardiner was responsible for the foundation of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust in 1996, one of the UK's largest mathematics enrichment programs, initiating the Intermediate and Junior Mathematical Challenges, creating the Problem Solving Journal for secondary school students and organising numerous masterclasses, summer schools and educational conferences.
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In 2011, Tony Gardiner was elected Education Secretary of the London Mathematical Society.
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Tony Gardiner died suddenly on 22 January 2024, at the age of 76.
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In 1987, Tony Gardiner founded the Junior and Intermediate Mathematical Challenges under the name of the United Kingdom Mathematics Foundation, to expand the national mathematics competitions to a wider age range of students.
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Tony Gardiner played an important role in establishing the first Primary Mathematics Challenge in 1998.
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In 1995, Tony Gardiner realised that, due to the enormous popularity increase that had taken place, the national mathematics competitions had become too large an enterprise to be sustained in their current form.
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Tony Gardiner continued to contribute to the activities run by the UKMT, acting as leader of the IMO team in the years 1991,1992,1994, and 1995.
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Tony Gardiner was responsible for establishing the national mathematics summer schools.
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In 2003, Tony Gardiner created the Problem Solving Journal, a termly problems booklet for secondary school students, aimed at providing stimulating problems, to stretch students and encourage them to develop formal logical arguments and proofs.
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Tony Gardiner contributed to School Mathematics Project writing groups since 1978.