Norman Macleod Ferrers
| Norman Macleod Ferrers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 August 1829 Prinknash Park, Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died |
31 January 1903 (aged 73) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | Eton College, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | Emily Lamb (m. 1866) |
| Children | 4 sons and 1 daughter |
Norman Macleod Ferrers D.D. (11 August 1829 – 31 January 1903) was a British mathematician and university administrator.
Life
Ferrers was educated at Eton College before studying at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1851. He was appointed to a Fellowship at the college in 1852, awas called to the bar in 1855 and was ordained deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860. In 1880, he was appointed Master of the college, and served as vice-chancellor of Cambridge University from 1884 to 1885.[1]
He is remembered for pointing out a conjugacy in integer partition diagrams, which are accordingly called Ferrers diagrams and are closely related to Young diagrams.
See also Ferrers functions.
He died at the College Lodge on 31 January 1903..[2]
Family
On 3 April 1866, he married Emily, daughter of John Lamb, dean of Bristol. They had four sons and one daughter.[2]
Bibliography
- N. M. Ferrers, An Elementary Treatise on Trilinear Coordinates (London, 1861)
- N. M. Ferrers An elementary treatise on spherical harmonics and subjects connected with them (London, 1877)
- N. M. Ferrers (ed.), Mathematical papers of the late George Green, 1871
References
- ↑ "Ferrers, Rev. Norman Macleod". Who Was Who 1920–2008. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Venn, John (1912). "Ferrers, Norman MacLeod". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Norman Macleod Ferrers", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- "Ferrers, Norman Macleod (FRRS847NM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Person details | Archive Details at www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/ACMS/D0035/I2304.html
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| Preceded by Edwin Guest |
Master of Gonville and Caius College 1880-1903 |
Succeeded by Ernest Stewart Roberts |
| Preceded by James Porter |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1884-1885 |
Succeeded by Charles Anthony Swainson |
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