Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich
Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich (born February 8, 1875 in Wolverhampton , † August 26, 1929 in Northampton ) was an English mathematician and physicist . His third name is I'Anson with a capital i, not l'Anson with a lowercase L.
Life
His father was the cloth merchant John I'Anson Bromwich. In his youth the family moved to Natal in South Africa, from 1888 to 1892 he went to school in Durban . In 1892 he began his studies at St John's College of Cambridge University , 1897 he became a Fellow of the College. From 1902 to 1907 he was professor of mathematics in Galway , then again at his college in Cambridge. In 1906 he was accepted into the Royal Society , he was also a member of the London Mathematical Society , where he was secretary from 1911 to 1919 and then vice-president. From the age of 33 he did not do any major research, as he concentrated very much on his teaching activities and, probably as a result of overwork, became mentally ill. He finally committed suicide on August 26, 1929.
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Bromwich's best known accomplishments are in the field of mathematics applied to physics. Here he worked on the Maxwell equations and formalized Heaviside's operator calculus . In pure mathematics, he published works on series , square shapes and bilinear shapes .
Individual evidence
- ^ Library of Congress Authority Record . Retrieved October 1, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bromwich, Thomas John I'Anson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolverhampton |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1929 |
| Place of death | Northampton |