| 词条 | Peter Redford Scott Lang |
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LifeHe was born in Edinburgh on 8 October 1850, the youngest of six children of Barbara Turnbull (née Cochrane) and Robert Laidlaw Lang (b.1808), an advocate’s clerk. They lived at 125 Fountainbridge in the south-west of the city.[2] He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution (now known as Stewarts Melville College) and then studied mathematics and natural philosophy (physics) at the University of Edinburgh. His university studies were interspersed with training as a life assurance clerk. He graduated MA BSc in 1872 and began assisting in lectures in natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.[3] In 1878 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Robert Christison, Peter Guthrie Tait, David Stevenson, and John Hutton Balfour. In 1879 he moved to the University of St Andrews as Professor of Mathematics.[4] During his time at St Andrews he purchased a house on South Street. He rose to also be Dean of the Faculty of Arts within the University.[5] In 1900 he appears as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 1st Fifeshire Royal Garrison Artillery. He had served as a volunteer for at least 20 years, gaining the Victorian Officer’s Decoration (VD).[6] The battalion were based at the no 7 battery at Anstruther.[5] He was knighted in 1921 by King George V on the point of his retiral. In 1922 the University of St Andrews awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD).[3] He died at home in St Andrews on 5 July 1926. He is buried with his wife and daughter in St Andrews Cathedral Churchyard. The grave lies on a wall to the south of the central tower. FamilyHe was married to Alice Mary Dickson (1858-1932) from Colinton. They had one daughter, Edith Mary Valentine Lang (1880-1936).[7] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/csblog/2015/05/03/scott-lang-dinner-2015/|title=Scott Lang Dinner 2015 {{!}} Computer Science Blog|website=blogs.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-28}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Peter Redford Scott}}2. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1850–51 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Scott_Lang.html|title=Scott_Lang biography|website=www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk|access-date=2018-07-28}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb227-mslf1110.l2|title=Recollections of Peter Redford Scott Lang on university life, 1860-1919. - Archives Hub|access-date=2018-07-28}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/HomeService-LtColPeterRedfordScottLang.html|title=Soldiers of the Queen - Lt. Col. Peter Redford Scott Lang|website=www.soldiersofthequeen.com|access-date=2018-07-28}} 7. ^Scotsman (newspaper) obituary: 7 July 1926 8 : 1850 births|1926 deaths|People from Edinburgh|British mathematicians|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Academics of the University of St Andrews|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Knights Bachelor |
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