Joshua King (mathematician)
Joshua King (born January 16, 1798 in Lowick, Ulverston, Lancashire , England , † September 1, 1857 in President's Lodge, Queens' College , Cambridge , England) was Lucasischer Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1839 to 1849 .
He attended Hawkshead Grammar School and studied first at Trinity College in Cambridge and from 1815 at Queen's College. In 1819 he became Senior Wrangler in the Tripos , won the Smith Prize that same year and became a Fellow of Queen's College in 1820. As a mathematician, high expectations were placed on him, but these were not fulfilled. From 1832 until his death he was President of Queen's College.
Joshua King was the holder of the Lucasian Chair, which was later written about by a man who was a Lucasian professor at the time, who never wrote anything whose main contribution is considered to be membership in 15 committees and associations. In fact, he gave no lectures during his time as a Lucasischer professor and only published one essay. Instead of mathematics, he dealt with law and politics. In 1849 he gave up his professorship for health reasons. In 1833/34 he was vice chancellor of the university.
Web links
- www.lucasianchair.org/19/king.html
- Queens' College: Joshua King ( October 29, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Joshua |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lowick, Lancashire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1857 |
| Place of death | President's Lodge, Cambridge |