William Mollison (director)
William Mollison may refer to: * William Mollison (mathematician) (1851–1929), Scottish mathematician and academic * William Mollison (politician) (1816–1886), Australian politician See also * James William Mollison James William Mollison (1858 – 1927) was a British specialist in agriculture who worked in the Bombay Presidency, where he served as director of agriculture before being appointed as the first inspector general of agriculture in India. Molliso ...

William Mollison (mathematician)
William Loudon Mollison (19 September 1851 – 10 March 1929) was a Scottish mathematician and academic. From 1915 to 1929, he was Master of Clare College, Cambridge. Early life and education Mollison was born on 19 September 1851 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, then an all-boys grammar school. He studied mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1872 with a first class degree. That year, he was awarded the Ferguson Scholarship by Aberdeen and matriculated into Clare College, Cambridge to continue his mathematical studies. He became a Foundation Scholar in 1873. His private tutor while at Cambridge was Edward Routh. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1876 as the Second Wrangler. Career On 29 April 1876, Mollison was elected a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was an examiner for the University of St Andrews between 1876 and 1880. He was a mathematics lecturer at Jesus Colleg ...
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William Mollison (politician)
William Thomas Mollison (1816 – 9 November 1886) was an pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early life Mollison was born in London, England, the son of Crawford Mollison and Elizabeth, ''née'' Fullerton Colonial Australia Mollison arrived in the Port Phillip District in 1838 to join his brother, Alexander Fullerton Mollison. On 8 June 1853 Mollison was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Talbot, Dalhousie and Anglesey, a seat he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856. Mollison was elected to the seat of Dundas and Follett in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in April 1858. The seat was known as Dundas Dundas may refer to: Places Australia * Dundas, New South Wales * Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region * Dundas, Tasmania * Dundas, Western Australia * Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory ...
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