| 词条 | James Wood (mathematician) |
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LifeWood was born in Holcombe, Bury where his father ran an evening school and taught his son the elements of arithmetic and algebra. From Bury Grammar School he proceeded to St John's College, Cambridge in 1778, graduating as senior wrangler in 1782.[2] On graduating he became a fellow of the college and in his long tenure there produced several successful academic textbooks for students of mathematics.[1] Between 1795 and 1799 his The principles of mathematics and natural philosophy, was printed, in four volumes, by J. Burges. Vol.I: 'The elements of algebra', by Wood; Vol.II: 'The principles of fluxions' by Samuel Vince; Vol.III Part I: 'The principles of mechanics" by Wood; and Vol.III Part II: "The principles of hydrostatics" by Samuel Vince; Vol.IV "The principles of astronomy" by Samuel Vince. Three other volumes -"A treatise on plane and spherical trigonometry" and "The elements of the conic sections" by Samuel Vince (1800) and "The elements of optics" by Wood (1801" may have been issued as part of the series.[3] Wood remained for sixty years at St. John's, serving as both President (1802–1815) and Master (1815–1839); on his death in 1839 he was interred in the college chapel and bequeathed his extensive library to the college, comprising almost 4,500 printed books on classics, history, mathematics, theology and travel, dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.[4] Wood was also ordained as a priest in 1787 and served as Dean of Ely from 1820 until his death.[1] Publications
ReferencesNotes1. ^1 2 {{Cite ODNB|id=29873|title=Wood, James (1760–1839)}} 2. ^{{acad|id=WT778J|name=Wood, James}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4848557|title=The principles of mathematics and natural philosophy. [electronic resource]: In four volumes |first1=James |last1=Wood |first2=Samuel |last2=Vince |publisher=Printed by J. Burges|accessdate=26 December 2016|via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/early_books/pix/provenance/wood/wood.htm|title=James Wood (1760-1839) - St John's College, Cambridge|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}} Other sources
| title = Dean of Ely | years = 1820–1839 | before = William Pearce | after = George Peacock }}{{s-aca}}{{succession box | title = Master of St John's College, Cambridge | years = 1815–1839 | before = William Craven | after = Ralph Tatham }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{Deans of Ely}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, James (Cleric)}} 13 : 1760 births|1839 deaths|People from Bury, Greater Manchester|People educated at Bury Grammar School|Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge|Masters of St John's College, Cambridge|Deans of Ely|Senior Wranglers|18th-century English mathematicians|19th-century English mathematicians|18th-century English Anglican priests|19th-century English Anglican priests|Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge |
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