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A DISTINGUISHED MATHEMATICIAN
Professor H. W. Turnbull, F.R.S., Regius Professor of Mathematics at United College, St. Andrews University, from 1921 to 1950 and subsequently Professor Emeritus, died yesterday at the age of 75.
Herbert Westren Turnbull, son of W. P. Turnbull, H.M. Inspector of Schools, was born on August 31, 1885, and from Sheffield Grammar School went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a scholar. He was Second Wrangler in 1907 and the following year took a First in the 1st division of the Mathematical Tripos Pt. II. In 1909 he was Smith's Prizeman. From that year until 1913 he lectured on mathematics at Cambridge, Liverpool, and Hong Kong, and from 1913 to 1915 was acting warden, C.M.S. hostel, Hong Kong University. On his return from the Far East, he taught at Repton for three years and was for two years an H.M. Inspector of Schools before taking up his important appointment at United College, St. Andrews.
He wrote with great distinction on his specialty but will be remembered especially for The Correspondence of Isaac Newton, which he edited and which appeared in 1959. Not only did it shed valuable light on Newton himself, but as Newton's correspondents (directly or through intermediaries) included the most eminent men of his day, it was a chapter in the history of science of the greatest importance.
Turnbull was elected F.R.S. in 1932 and made an honorary LL.D. of St. Andrews in 1952.
He married in 1911 Ella Drummond, daughter of Canon H. D. Williamson, by whom he had one daughter.
A DISTINGUISHED MATHEMATICIAN
Professor H. W. Turnbull, F.R.S., Regius Professor of Mathematics at United College, St. Andrews University, from 1921 to 1950 and subsequently Professor Emeritus, died yesterday at the age of 75.
Herbert Westren Turnbull, son of W. P. Turnbull, H.M. Inspector of Schools, was born on August 31, 1885, and from Sheffield Grammar School went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a scholar. He was Second Wrangler in 1907 and the following year took a First in the 1st division of the Mathematical Tripos Pt. II. In 1909 he was Smith's Prizeman. From that year until 1913 he lectured on mathematics at Cambridge, Liverpool, and Hong Kong, and from 1913 to 1915 was acting warden, C.M.S. hostel, Hong Kong University. On his return from the Far East, he taught at Repton for three years and was for two years an H.M. Inspector of Schools before taking up his important appointment at United College, St. Andrews.
He wrote with great distinction on his specialty but will be remembered especially for The Correspondence of Isaac Newton, which he edited and which appeared in 1959. Not only did it shed valuable light on Newton himself, but as Newton's correspondents (directly or through intermediaries) included the most eminent men of his day, it was a chapter in the history of science of the greatest importance.
Turnbull was elected F.R.S. in 1932 and made an honorary LL.D. of St. Andrews in 1952.
He married in 1911 Ella Drummond, daughter of Canon H. D. Williamson, by whom he had one daughter.
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