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William Henry Young
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Dr. W. H. Young, Sc.D., F.R.S., the mathematician, has died at La Conversion, near Lausanne, telegraphs our Geneva Correspondent. From 1929 to 1936 he was president of the International Union of Mathematicians.
Born in London on October 20, 1863, he was educated at the City of London School and at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he was formerly a fellow. For many years he lectured at Girton; from 1902 to 1905 he was chief examiner to the Central Welsh Board, and at various times he had been examiner to the universities of Cambridge, London, and Wales, and to foreign universities. He travelled widely, having visited, for most part in an official capacity, the chief universities and other educational institutions in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa; and in 1936 and 1937 he made an extensive tour of South America.
Young had been Hardinge Professor of Mathematics at the University of Calcutta, being the first appointment to that Chair; had served as Professor of the Philosophy and History of Mathematics at Liverpool University; and as Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Wales; and was nominated honorary Professor of Mathematics at Lausanne University. A member of many learned societies, he had been president of the London Mathematical Society, of which he was De Morgan Medallist in 1917, and a member of the executive committee of the International Research Council. In 1928, he was Sylvester Medallist of the Royal Society.
Among his publications were "The Fundamental Theorems of the Differential Calculus" and nearly 200 mathematical papers, as well as articles dealing with educational and academic topics; and he was joint author with his wife of "The Theory of Sets of Points" and "The First Book of Geometry."
In 1896 he married Grace, daughter of the late Mr. H. W. Chisholm, Warden of the Standards, and had two sons and three daughters
MATHEMATICS IN MANY CENTRES
Dr. W. H. Young, Sc.D., F.R.S., the mathematician, has died at La Conversion, near Lausanne, telegraphs our Geneva Correspondent. From 1929 to 1936 he was president of the International Union of Mathematicians.
Born in London on October 20, 1863, he was educated at the City of London School and at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he was formerly a fellow. For many years he lectured at Girton; from 1902 to 1905 he was chief examiner to the Central Welsh Board, and at various times he had been examiner to the universities of Cambridge, London, and Wales, and to foreign universities. He travelled widely, having visited, for most part in an official capacity, the chief universities and other educational institutions in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa; and in 1936 and 1937 he made an extensive tour of South America.
Young had been Hardinge Professor of Mathematics at the University of Calcutta, being the first appointment to that Chair; had served as Professor of the Philosophy and History of Mathematics at Liverpool University; and as Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Wales; and was nominated honorary Professor of Mathematics at Lausanne University. A member of many learned societies, he had been president of the London Mathematical Society, of which he was De Morgan Medallist in 1917, and a member of the executive committee of the International Research Council. In 1928, he was Sylvester Medallist of the Royal Society.
Among his publications were "The Fundamental Theorems of the Differential Calculus" and nearly 200 mathematical papers, as well as articles dealing with educational and academic topics; and he was joint author with his wife of "The Theory of Sets of Points" and "The First Book of Geometry."
In 1896 he married Grace, daughter of the late Mr. H. W. Chisholm, Warden of the Standards, and had two sons and three daughters
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