The London Mathematical Society has elected the following people to Honorary Membership of the Society in 2019:
Professor Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
Professor Don Zagier, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
The brief citations read:
The London Mathematical Society has elected PROFESSOR EDWARD WITTEN, of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, to Honorary Membership of the Society. Edward Witten occupies an unrivalled position amongst contemporary mathematical and theoretical physicists. He has made profound contributions to the development of contemporary physics, including topological quantum field theory, string theory, M-theory and quantum gravity.
The London Mathematical Society has elected PROFESSOR DON ZAGIER, of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, to Honorary Membership of the Society. Don Zagier is an outstanding mathematician who has made major contributions in number theory, particularly to the theory of modular forms, and in its interactions with other areas of mathematics and mathematical physics.
Full citations will appear in the LMS Bulletin