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John Campbell
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Mr. John Edward Campbell, F.R.S., who died suddenly in Oxford on Wednesday night at the age of 62, was the Senior Fellow of Hertford College, where he had been a Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics since 1887. Born in 1862, the son of Dr. John Campbell of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, he was educated at the Methodist College, Belfast, and at Queen's College, Belfast, and came to Hertford College as a scholar in 1884. He obtained a first-class in Mathematical Moderations in 1885 and in the Final School in 1887, and won the Junior Mathematical (University) Scholarship in 1885 and the Senior Scholarship in 1888, after having been elected a Fellow of Hertford in 1887.
Campbell was a distinguished teacher and also a learned mathematician. He published an important work on the theory of groups and contributed many original papers to mathematical journals. His chief interest in late years had been in the differential geometry of surfaces. His distinction was recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society and by the honorary degree of D.Sc., which was conferred on him by his old University of Belfast. He was also recently president of the London Mathematical Society. Naturally modest and rather shy in manner, he was never a very prominent figure in university business or society, but was greatly liked by his pupils and loved by those who knew him well. He took a keen interest in the movement for women's education in Oxford and, for several years, was recently treasurer of Lady Margaret Hall. For four years during the war, he acted as Bursar at Hertford and greatly helped to keep the college together during that difficult time. His high character and unselfishness made him much respected both in the college and at the university He married Miss Hardman and had three sons, one of whom was killed early in the war, and one daughter.
Mr. John Edward Campbell, F.R.S., who died suddenly in Oxford on Wednesday night at the age of 62, was the Senior Fellow of Hertford College, where he had been a Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics since 1887. Born in 1862, the son of Dr. John Campbell of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, he was educated at the Methodist College, Belfast, and at Queen's College, Belfast, and came to Hertford College as a scholar in 1884. He obtained a first-class in Mathematical Moderations in 1885 and in the Final School in 1887, and won the Junior Mathematical (University) Scholarship in 1885 and the Senior Scholarship in 1888, after having been elected a Fellow of Hertford in 1887.
Campbell was a distinguished teacher and also a learned mathematician. He published an important work on the theory of groups and contributed many original papers to mathematical journals. His chief interest in late years had been in the differential geometry of surfaces. His distinction was recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society and by the honorary degree of D.Sc., which was conferred on him by his old University of Belfast. He was also recently president of the London Mathematical Society. Naturally modest and rather shy in manner, he was never a very prominent figure in university business or society, but was greatly liked by his pupils and loved by those who knew him well. He took a keen interest in the movement for women's education in Oxford and, for several years, was recently treasurer of Lady Margaret Hall. For four years during the war, he acted as Bursar at Hertford and greatly helped to keep the college together during that difficult time. His high character and unselfishness made him much respected both in the college and at the university He married Miss Hardman and had three sons, one of whom was killed early in the war, and one daughter.
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