Edward Copson(21 August 1901-16 February 1980) was a mathematician and Keith Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh awardee from England who was instrumental in the construction of the new Mathematics Institute building at the University of St. Andrews and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1924,.
Edward Thomas Copson FRSE (21 August 1901  16 February 1980) was a British mathematician who contributed widely to the development of mathematics at the University of St. Andrews, serving as Regius Professor of Mathematics amongst other positions. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1924, his proposers being Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Herbert Stanley Allen, Bevan Braithwaite Baker and A Crichtom Mitchell. He was awarded the Keith Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1942 for his research in Mathematics. He was instrumental in the construction of the new Mathematics Institute building at the University. 
