| 词条 | William Thomson (mathematician) |
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Sir William Thomson FRSE LLD (1856–1947) was a 19th/20th century Scottish mathematician and physicist primarily working as a university administrator in South Africa. LifeHe was born on New Year's Eve, 31 December 1856, in the village of Kirkton of Mailler in Perthshire. He was educated at Perth Academy then studied Maths and Physics at Edinburgh University. He graduated BSc MA in 1878 and began assisting in lectures at the university.[1] In 1882, aged only 26, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Chrystal, Peter Guthrie Tait, Alexander Crum Brown and Sir William Turner.[2] In 1883 he succeeded Prof George Gordon as Professor of Mathematics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.[3] In 1895 he succeeded Rev James Cameron as University Registrar at the University of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1918 he transferred to the same role in the newly created University of South Africa and in 1922 moved to the University of the Witwatersrand. He was knighted by King George V in 1922 for services to university education. He retired in 1928 and died in Simonstown near Cape Town on 6 August 1947. FamilyIn 1884 he married Annie Catherine van der Riet. They had two daughters. Publications
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=2835|website=s2a3.org.za|title=S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science|accessdate=2018-12-14}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, William}}2. ^{{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}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Thomson_William.html|website=www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk|title=Thomson_William summary|accessdate=2018-12-14}} 7 : 1856 births|1947 deaths|People from Perthshire|People educated at Perth Academy|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Scottish mathematicians|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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