Editing David J. Simms (section)

==Academic career==
Simms completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics in Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1955. He was [[List of Scholars of Trinity College Dublin|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]].<ref>{{cite interview |last=Simms |first=David |subject-link= |interviewer=Maurice O'Keeff |title=An Interview with David Simms |work=Trinity College, Dublin, Collection |date=2012 |publisher=Irish Life and Lore |location=Ireland |url=https://www.irishlifeandlore.com/product/david-simms-b-1933/ |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref> Simms lectured in [[Glasgow University]] before returning to Trinity. He served as head of the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics from 1991 to 1998.<ref name=obit/>

Simms' research interests included [[differential geometry]] and [[geometric quantisation]].

===Books and select publications===
*''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 professional papers.
* Geometric quantization of energy levels in the Kepler problem, D.J. Simms - Symposia Mathematica, 1974<ref>[http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/zmath/en/search/?q=an:0306.53038&format=complete zbmath database]</ref>

David Simms was a member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]] since 1978.<ref>[https://www.ria.ie/david-john-simms David John Simms]</ref> He was a member of the Editorial Board of the journal ''Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy''.<ref>[http://www.emis.de/journals/MPRIA/EdBrd.html Editorial Board.] Mathematical Proceedings of the [[Royal Irish Academy]]. Accessed 24 December 2009.</ref>