Alexander Morgan PEIS

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OBE LLD (21 August 1860 – 17 March 1946) was a Scottish mathematician and educator. He was President of the Educational Institute of Scotland 1911/12. He was involved in the creation of the Education Act 1918.

Life

He was born in Leith on 21 August 1860 the son of Ann and William Morgan originally from

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. The family returned to Aberdeen during his infancy and he was educated there at the North Parish School. Returning to Edinburgh he initially studied for the ministry at the Church of Scotland Training College but then abandoned this and instead studied mathematics and natural philosophy (physics) at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in 1886. On graduating he began lecturing in mathematics at the Church of Scotland Training College, becoming its Principal in 1903. In 1896 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were George Chrystal,

Simon Somerville Laurie Simon Somerville Laurie FRSE LLD (13 November 1829 – 2 March 1909) was a Scottish educator. He became Bell Professor of Education at Edinburgh University in 1876. He campaigned energetically and successfully for better teacher training in Sc ...

John Sturgeon Mackay John Sturgeon Mackay FRSE LLD (1843–1914) was a Scottish mathematician and academic author. Life He was born on 22 October 1843 at Auchencairn near Kirkcudbright the son of John Mackay and his wife Jessie Sturgeon. The family moved to Perth ...

and Peter Guthrie Tait. He was President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1898/99. In later life in lived at 1 Midmar Gardens in south-west Edinburgh. From 1920 to 1925 he was Director of Studies for the Provincial Training College. He retired in 1925 and died in Edinburgh on 17 March 1946.Scotsman newspaper: obituary, 19 March 1946

Family

In 1888 he married Isobel Duthie (died 1941). They had two sons: General William Duthie Morgan and Alexander Morgan.

References

1860 births 1946 deaths People from Leith Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish mathematicians Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{Scotland-academic-bio-stub