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Edward Waring
Edward Waring (15 August 1798) was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death. He made the assertion known as Waring's problem without proof in his writings ''Meditationes Algebraicae''. Waring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763 and awarded the Copley Medal in 1784. Early years Waring was the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Waring, a prosperous farming couple. He received his early education in Shrewsbury School under a Mr Hotchkin and was admitted as a sizar at Magdalene College, Cambridge, on 24 March 1753, being also Millington exhibitioner. His extraordinary talent for mathematics was recognised from his early years in Cambridge. In 1757 he graduated BA as senior wrangler and on 24 April 1758 was elected to a fellowship at Magdalene. He belonged to the Hyson Club, whos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kerrich
Thomas Kerrich (4 February 1748 – 10 May 1828) was an English people, English clergyman, principal Cambridge University librarian (''Protobibliothecarius''), antiquary, draughtsman and gifted amateur artist. He created one of the first ''catalogue raisonnés'' (for the works of the artist Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Marten van Heemskerck). Life Thomas Kerrich was born at Dersingham in Norfolk, England, where his father, Samuel, was the vicar. After graduating B.A. from Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1771, he went on the Grand Tour where he encountered Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation), Thomas Coke. Kerrich was a Fellow of Magdalene, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Society of Antiquaries from 1797. He collected ancient Roman coins and published papers on architecture, sepulchres and coffins. In 1816, he bought and restored the Leper Chapel, Cambridge, Leper Chapel in Cambridge. He gave the chapel to the university, which in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |