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SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

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SALMON
SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

SALMON, See also:
GEORGE
GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
GEORGE, LAKE
GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)
GEORGE (1819-1904) , See also:

BRITISH

British mathematician and divine, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin on the 25th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1819 and educated at Trinity See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. Having become See also:

SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

MODERATOR (from Lat. moderare, to impose a modus, limit)

moderator in See also:

MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and a See also:

FELLOW

fellow of Trinity, he took See also:

HOLY

holy orders, and was appointed regius See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of divinity in Dublin University in 1866, a position which he retained until 1888, when he was chosen See also:

PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of Trinity College. He was provost until his See also:

DEATH

death on the 22nd of See also:

JANUARY

January 1904. As a mathematician Salmon was a fellow of the Royal Society, and was See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the mathematical and See also:

PHYSICAL

physical See also:

section of the British Association in 1878. He was a D.C.L. of See also:

Oxford and an LL.D. of See also:

Cambridge. His published mathematical See also:

WORKS

works include: See also:

ANALYTIC (the adjective of " analysis," q.v.)

Analytic See also:

GEOMETRY

Geometry o Three Dimensions (1862), See also:

TREATISE

Treatise on Conic Sections (4th ed., 1863 and Treatise on the Higher See also:

PLANE

Plane Curves (2nd ed., 1873) ; these books are of the highest value, and have been translated into several See also:

LANGUAGES

languages. As a theologian he wrote See also:

HISTORICAL

Historical Introduction to the Study of the New Testament (1885), The See also:

INFALLIBILITY (Fr. infaillibilite and infallibilite, the latter now obsolete, Med. Lat. infallibilitas, infallibilis, formed from faller, to make a mistake)

Infallibility of the See also:

Church (1888), Non-Miraculous See also:

CHRISTIANITY

Christianity (1881) and The Reign of See also:

Law (1873).

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