Geoffrey Thomas Bennett (1868–1943) was an English
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
, professor at the
University of Cambridge
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Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
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Life and work
Born in London, he began his secondary studies at the
University College School, under
Robert Tucker. After one year at
University College of London
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, type = Public research university
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, Bennett obtained a scholarship at
St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1890 as
Senior Wrangler. However, the best grade in the
Mathematical Tripos
The Mathematical Tripos is the mathematics course that is taught in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. It is the oldest Tripos examined at the University.
Origin
In its classical nineteenth-century form, the tripos was a ...
of that year was for
Philippa Fawcett
Philippa Garrett Fawcett (4 April 1868 – 10 June 1948) was an English mathematician and educationalist. She was the first woman to obtain the top score in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos exams. She taught at Newnham College, Cambridge, and at ...
, but she was not included in the list for his gender.
Upon completion of his studies he was appointed college lecturer of mathematics at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...
. He held a fellowship at the college from 1893 until his death in 1943. He had also great interest in music and athletics. He was a keen bicyclist and a good pianist.
During the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
he was member of the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section (AAES) for his versatility and for his ability solving geometrical problems by mechanical means.
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19th-century English mathematicians
20th-century English mathematicians
1868 births
1943 deaths
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge