John Edward Campbell
John Edward Campbell (born May 27, 1862 in Lisburn , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , area of what is now Northern Ireland , † October 1, 1924 in Oxfordshire , England ) was an English mathematician . His name is associated with the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula .
Life
Campbell was born in 1862 to John Campbell. He completed his studies in 1884. Campbell eventually won a scholarship to the University of Oxford and was made a fellow there in 1887. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905 and served as President of the London Mathematical Society from 1918 to 1920 .
He was married to Sarah Hardman and had four children with her.
Services
Campbell is best known for his contributions to the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula .
He was reported to be a "charming and devoted teacher and advocate of women's education."
Works
- Introductory Treatise on Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous Transformation Groups . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1903 (English, Google Books ).
- A course of differential geometry . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1924 (English, archive.org ).
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : John Edward Campbell. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ↑ William Percy CAMPBELL (1894-1914). www.oxfordhistory.org.uk, accessed November 12, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Campbell, John Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisburn , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1924 |
| Place of death | Oxfordshire , England |