Eugenius Nulty

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Eugenius Nulty (* 1789 in the Kingdom of Ireland , † July 3, 1871 in Philadelphia ) was a mathematician and self-taught .

From 1814 to 1816 he was a mathematics tutor at Dickinson College before moving to a life insurance company in Philadelphia as an actuary . He was also a tutor at the University of Pennsylvania , which awarded him an honorary Master of Arts in 1823 . He also worked as a tutor (for example for Matthew Carey Lea and his brother Henry Charles Lea ) and as a mathematician for the US Survey .

In 1817 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society , in 1832 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1835 he was councilor of the American Philosophical Society . Nulty was an honorary member of the Philomathean Society , a literary society at the University of Pennsylvania .

Nulty was married. He is buried in Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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  1. ^ Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge . tape 12 , 1873, p. 159 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  2. ↑ Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1817 at the National Archives and Records Administration (archives.gov); Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Faculty Index - Dickinson College. In: chronicles.dickinson.edu. Retrieved December 26, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ James Henry Morgan: Dickinson College: The History of One Hundred and Fifty Years 1783-1933, Chapter 15. In: chronicles.dickinson.edu. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
  5. ^ Family Visitor , Volume 2, No. 19, August 9, 1823 ; Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  6. ^ Penn: Office of the University Secretary: Alphabetical Listing of Honorary Degrees. In: secure.upenn.edu. March 1, 2017, accessed December 26, 2017 .
  7. ^ Edward M. Peters: Henry Charles Lea and the Libraries within a Library. In: The Penn Library Collections at 250: From Franklin to the Web , Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Library, 2000, pp. 33–59 ( PDF, 7.3 MB ).
  8. ↑ a b Eugenius Nulty in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved December 26, 2017 (English).
  9. ↑ Eugenius Nulty. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter N. (PDF; 283 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved December 26, 2017 (English).
  11. ^ Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , Vol. 27, No. 131: Proceedings Commemorative of the Centennial Anniversary of the First Occupation of the Hall of the Society. November 21, 1889 ( JSTOR 982880 ).
  12. ^ Philomathean Society. In: philomathean.org. Retrieved December 26, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Nulty, Eugenius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nulty, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish-American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingdom of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1871
Place of death Philadelphia