Robert Edgar Allardice | |
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Born | 2 March 1862 Edinburgh |
Died | 6 May 1928 | (aged 66)
Nationality | Scottish |
Known for | establishing the Mathematics Department of Stanford University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Robert Edgar Allardice FRSE (1862 – 1928) was a Scottish mathematician, specializing in geometry. [1]
Allardice matriculated in 1879 at the University of Edinburgh and received there in 1882 an M.A. in mathematics. [1] In 1883 Allardice became assistant in mathematics to Professor George Chrystal at the University of Edinburgh and remained there until 1892. [2] In 1892 Allardice was appointed a professor to Stanford University at the start of the University's second year and immediately became the head of the mathematics department, continuing in that position until his retirement in 1927. [3] For many years, the senior faculty in mathematics at Stanford University consisted of Allardice and Rufus Green. [4] The Stanford mathematics department, with Allardice as head, recruited Hans Frederick Blichfeldt and George Abram Miller. [5]
Allardice was a founder member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, joining in February 1883. He served on the committee of the Society from its foundation. He was Vice-President of the Society from 1889 to 1890, President of the Society in session 1890-91, and Editor of Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society in session 1891-92, his final year in Edinburgh. [2]
On 16 January 1888 he was elected A Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Chrystal, Robert McNair Ferguson, John Sturgeon Mackay, and Peter Guthrie Tait. [2]
After suffering from a lingering illness for over a year, Allardice died in 1928 from a lung infection. He never married and upon his death was survived by a sister in Glasgow. [3]
Robert Edgar Allardice | |
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Born | 2 March 1862 Edinburgh |
Died | 6 May 1928 | (aged 66)
Nationality | Scottish |
Known for | establishing the Mathematics Department of Stanford University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Robert Edgar Allardice FRSE (1862 – 1928) was a Scottish mathematician, specializing in geometry. [1]
Allardice matriculated in 1879 at the University of Edinburgh and received there in 1882 an M.A. in mathematics. [1] In 1883 Allardice became assistant in mathematics to Professor George Chrystal at the University of Edinburgh and remained there until 1892. [2] In 1892 Allardice was appointed a professor to Stanford University at the start of the University's second year and immediately became the head of the mathematics department, continuing in that position until his retirement in 1927. [3] For many years, the senior faculty in mathematics at Stanford University consisted of Allardice and Rufus Green. [4] The Stanford mathematics department, with Allardice as head, recruited Hans Frederick Blichfeldt and George Abram Miller. [5]
Allardice was a founder member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, joining in February 1883. He served on the committee of the Society from its foundation. He was Vice-President of the Society from 1889 to 1890, President of the Society in session 1890-91, and Editor of Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society in session 1891-92, his final year in Edinburgh. [2]
On 16 January 1888 he was elected A Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Chrystal, Robert McNair Ferguson, John Sturgeon Mackay, and Peter Guthrie Tait. [2]
After suffering from a lingering illness for over a year, Allardice died in 1928 from a lung infection. He never married and upon his death was survived by a sister in Glasgow. [3]