Robert McNair Ferguson
| Robert McNair Ferguson | |
|---|---|
 Front page of Electricity (1866) | |
| Born |
July 8, 1829 Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died |
December 31, 1912 (aged 83) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Resting place |
Cemetery of The Grange, Edinburgh 55°56′06″N 3°11′25″W / 55.934944°N 3.190369°W |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Edinburgh Institute |
| Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh University of Heidelberg |
| Thesis | (1855) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Bunsen |
| Notable students | William Cunningham |
| Known for | Founder of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society |
Robert McNair Ferguson (1829–1912) was a Scottish mathematician, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
Life and work
Son of a pawnbroker, he was educated at the Free Church Training College (Edinburgh). He studied natural philosophy in the university of Edinburgh and, after, in the university of Heidelberg where he was awarded with a PhD in 1855 tutored by Robert Bunsen.[1] From 1858 till his retirement in 1898 he was headmaster in the Edinburgh Institute, where he taught among others William Cunningham.[2] He lost a leg in a school laboratory explosion in 1897.
He was founding member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society in 1883 and was elected his president in 1885–1886.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Brock, W.H. (2013). "Bunsen's British Students". Ambix. 60 (3): 203–233. doi:10.1179/0002698013Z.00000000032.
- Cunningham, Audrey (1950). William Cunningham: Teacher and Priest. S.P.K.C.
- Rankin, R.A (1983). "The First Hundred Years". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 26: 135–150. doi:10.1017/S0013091500016849.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Robert McNair Ferguson", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
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