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Reference code
Adams/Box 43-44/Box 43/3/3a
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GB 275 Adams/Box 43-44/Box 43/3/3a
Title
'Biographical notice of the late James Challis'
Date(s)
- 1883 (Creation)
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20p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1848-1928)
Biographical history
Glaisher entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867, graduating M.A. 1874. He was Fellow of Trinity College, 1871-1928; Tutor, 1883-1893; Lecturer in Mathematics, 1871-1901. In 1875, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. President of the London Mathematical Society, 1884-1886; President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1886-1889, 1901-1903. Editor of the 'Quarterly Journal of Mathematics'.
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Scope and content
Reprinted from the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 43, 1883.