Photographic portrait of Marcus Bridger

Scope and Content

Caption reads 'Marcus Bridger, OBE, BSc, FIMA, FBCS (Hon), Honorary Fellow of the Polytechnic, 26 November 1976.'

Includes the information that Marcus Bridger was:

Head of School of Mathematics, Computing and Statistics, 1958-1976.

Administrative / Biographical History

Marcus Bridger was Head of the School of Mathematics, Computing and Statistics for 18 years. The 1977 Annual Report for Leicester Polytechnic notes that whilst Marcus Bridger retired in 1976, he continued to assist the faculty of Business until a replacement was appointed in 1977.