Bewick Bridge

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Bewick Bridge (1767, Linton, Cambridgeshire -1833) was a vicar and mathematical author. In 1786, he was admitted as a sizar to study mathematics Peterhouse, Cambridge University, where he graduated as senior wrangler in 1790.

In October 1790, he was ordained a deacon at Ely, and became a priest in 1792. At this point, he returned to Cambridge, becoming a Fellow at Peterhouse, during which he spent time as both as college moderator and as proctor. From 1806 until 1816, he was Professor of Mathematics at the East India Company College, Haileybury. His book Algebra achieved international circulation, and he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.

From 1816 until 1833, he was vicar of Cherry Hinton in Cambridge, where in 1818 he built the vicarage, and he founded the village school in 1832 (now a Church of England Infant School). He died on 15 May, 1833, aged 66.

[edit] External links

• The personal papers of Miles Bland (1786-1867), mathematician
• The Bewick Studios Homepage An art studios inspired by Bewick's work.

[edit] References

1. Venn, J & J.A. Alumni Cantabrigiensis. Transcribed and released on CD-ROM as Cambridge University Alumni: 1261-1900, by ancestry.com