Henry Thomas Herbert Piaggio (2 June 1884–26 June 1967) was an

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. Educated at the

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and

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, he was appointed lecturer in mathematics at the

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in 1908 and then the first

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of Mathematics in 1919. He was the author of "An Elementary Treatise on

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and their Applications".-

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MacTutor version of Three Sadleirian Professors

new members - Margate Civic Society ("The Old and New Meet at the Rendezvous"), Winter 2007, Issue No. 345
Henry's father Francis ("Frank") Piaggio briefly operated a dancing academy in the Marine Palace, which he leased from 1895. The Marine Palace was built in 1884 and destroyed in the Great Storm of 1897, which devastated

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. 1884 births 1967 deaths Academics of the University of Nottingham Mathematicians from London Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge {{UK-mathematician-stub