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MacMahon/B/2/9
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- 15 December 1911 (Creation)
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2p paper
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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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A manuscript letter sent to Sir Charles Watson from J. W. L. Glaisher, in which he writes that he regrets that he has not sent the paper sooner, but the fact is that he mislaid it and simply could not find it, though he knew it was close at hand. He is sailing to the U.S. tomorrow for Christmas and is greatly relieved that he has managed to find the paper before he leaves.