Edward Bromhead
Sir Edward Ffrench Bromhead, 2nd Baronet (March 26, 1789 , † March 14, 1855 ) was a British landowner and promoter of mathematics. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Bromhead ".
Bromhead came from a wealthy landowning family in Lincolnshire . In 1822 he inherited the title of baronet , created in 1806 by his father , of Thurlby Hall in the County of Lincoln. He studied at the University of Glasgow and at the University of Cambridge ( Gonville and Caius College ) before beginning his legal training at the Inner Temple in London. In 1817 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society . He later returned to Lincolnshire at his country estate Thurlby Hall near Lincoln. He was Lincoln's high steward .
Bromhead was in Cambridge, where he had studied mathematics, one of the founders of the Analytical Society with John Herschel , George Peacock and Charles Babbage , with whom he was close friends. The society was devoted to the maintenance of mathematics and was a forerunner of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . He is known as a sponsor of the essentially self-taught mathematician (and miller) George Green and ensured that his work was published by the Cambridge Philosophical Society and that Green was able to study in Cambridge at the advanced age of 40 from 1833.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Literature and web links
- John Debrett: The Baronetage of England. 1839.
- D. Cannell George Green , pdf
- Author entry and list of described plant names for Edward Bromhead at the IPNI
- Entry to Bromhead; Sir; Edward Thomas Ffrench (1789-1855) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baronetage: BROMHEAD of Thurlby Hall, Lincs at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| predecessor | title | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gonville Bromhead | Baronet, of Thurlby Hall 1822–1855 |
Edmund Bromhead |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bromhead, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bromhead, Sir Edward ffrench, 2nd Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British landowner, magistrate and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1789 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1855 |