Wesley Woolhouse
Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse (born May 6, 1809 in North Shields , † August 12, 1893 in London ) was a British actuary .
Woolhouse was the assistant secretary of the Nautical Almanac , was the editor of a journal for entertaining mathematics, specified a scale of his own , found formulas for numerical integration, and in 1848 co-founded the Institute of Actuaries. He was the first to publish all seven solutions to the 15 schoolgirl problem .
literature
- Woolhouse, Wesley Stoker Barker (HON.FIA) . In: Isidore Singer, Edwin Warren De Leon: The International Insurance Encyclopedia , 1910, 693.
- Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse . In: MNRAS 1894 (54), pages 204-206. doi: 10.1093 / mnras / 54.4.204
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woolhouse, Wesley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woolhouse, Wesley Stoker Barker (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actuary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Shields |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1893 |
| Place of death | London |