Emory McClintock (1840–1916), born John Emory McClintock was an American actuary, born in Carlisle,

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. He graduated from

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, where he was tutor in mathematics in 1859–1860. From 1863 to 1866 he served as United States consular agent at Bradford,

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. He served as president of the

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in 1890–1894 and of the Actuarial Society of America in 1895–1897.

Early life and career

He was born to

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and Caroline Augusta Wakeman McClintock. His father was a minister of the

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, who was also a professor of mathematics, and ancient languages at Dickinson College in Carlisle. His father was also involved in an 1847 a riot over slavery, as he tried to prevent slavechasers from taking African-American citizens of Pennsylvania into slavery.John McClintock
, Dickinson College He was actuary of the Asbury Life Insurance Company, New York (1867–1871), of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company,

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, (1871–1889), and of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York (1889–1911). At the Mutual, he was vice president from 1905 to 1911, a trustee after 1905, and a consulting actuary after 1911.

References

* Thomas S. Fiske,
Emory McClintock
', Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 23, (1917), pp. 353–357. (includes a list of his publications)

External links

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, J. Emory McClintock, Family Papers 1853-1918
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McClintock, Emory Columbia University faculty Columbia University alumni 1840 births People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1916 deaths People from Milwaukee American actuaries Presidents of the American Mathematical Society 19th-century American businesspeople