George Johnston Allman
George Johnston Allman (born September 28, 1824 in Dublin , † May 9, 1904 ibid) was an Irish mathematician (ancient Greek mathematics) and mathematician.
Allman was the son of the doctor and botanist William Allman (1776-1846, Professor of Botany at Trinity College Dublin ). George Allman studied mathematics at Trinity College Dublin, where he won a gold medal in mathematics and was best of his class with Samuel Haughton when he graduated in 1844. From 1853 until his retirement in 1889 he was Professor of Mathematics at the National University of Ireland, Galway (then Queen's University of Ireland) in Galway . From 1877 he was a senator of the university and in 1880 he became one of the first senators of the Royal University of Ireland.
In 1853 he married Louisa Taylor, with whom he had a son and two daughters.
He is best known for his history of Greek geometry from 1877 and 1889, which was also praised by Paul Tannery .
He also published minor papers on mathematics (including a summary of a lecture by James MacCullagh on the attraction of ellipsoidal masses in his Collected Works) and articles on Greek mathematicians in the 9th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
In 1882 he received a D.Sc. the University of Dublin and in 1884 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society .
Fonts
- Greek Geometry from Thales to Euclid, Dublin (University Press), 2 volumes, 1877, Dublin, Hodges, Figgis 1889 (in one volume), Archives (1877 edition, 1) , Archives, 1889 edition
literature
- Robert Steele (revised by Anita McConnell), Dictionary of National Biography 2004
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : George Johnston Allman. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allman, George Johnston |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish mathematician and mathematician historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1904 |
| Place of death | Dublin |