Andrew Barclay (mathematician)

Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay
Born(1849-04-19)April 19, 1849
Hawick, Roxburghshire
Died15 September 1943(1943-09-15) (aged 94)
London
Resting placeSaint Andrews Churchyard in Aldringham
52°11′10″N 1°35′06″E / 52.186180°N 1.585055°E / 52.186180; 1.585055
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Known forFounder of Edinburgh Mathematical Society
SpouseJane Pender
Parent(s)George and Jane Barclay
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsGeorge Watson's College
High School of Glasgow

Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay (19 April 1849 – 15 September 1943) was a Scottish mathematician, known for being one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Life and work

Barclay studied at University of Edinburgh where he graduated in mathematics in 1880.[1] Then he was professor of mathematics at George Watson's College (Edinburgh) and at High School of Glasgow.[2] He retired in 1914 and went to reside in London with a son.

Barclay, with Alexander Yule Fraser and Cargill Gilston Knott, issued in January 1883 a circular calling for a Mathematical Society.[3] That year the Edinburgh Mathematical Society was founded and Barclay became its president in 1884.

References

  1. ^ O'Connor & Robertson, MacTutor History of Mathematics.
  2. ^ Rankin 1983, p. 144.
  3. ^ Despeaux 2011, p. 172.

Bibliography

  • Despeaux, Sloan Evans (2011). "A voice for mathematics. Victorian mathematical journals and societies". In Raymond Flood; Adrian Rice; Robin Wilson (eds.). Mathematics in Victorian Britain. Oxford University Press. pp. 155–176. ISBN 978-0-19-960139-4.
  • Rankin, R.A. (1983). "The first hundred years (1883–1983)". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 26 (2): 135–150. doi:10.1017/S0013091500016849. ISSN 0013-0915.