Content deleted Content added
OccultZone (talk | contribs) Removed non-reliable source |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''William Herrick Macaulay''' (November 16 1853 – November 28 1936) was a mathematician, Fellow and Vice-Provost of [[King's College, Cambridge]], and close friend of [[Karl Pearson]]. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YFwckVLO-9UC&pg=PA181&dq=%22herrick+macaulay%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G7dUUbS3BcXHPM_ogaAE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22herrick%20macaulay%22&f=false] He also corresponded with [[John Maynard Keynes]] [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FMacaulay%2C%20William%20Herrick%20(1853-1936)%20mathematician] |
'''William Herrick Macaulay''' (November 16 1853 – November 28 1936) was a [[People of the United Kingdom|British]] [[[mathematician]], Fellow and Vice-Provost of [[King's College, Cambridge]], and close friend of [[Karl Pearson]]. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YFwckVLO-9UC&pg=PA181&dq=%22herrick+macaulay%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G7dUUbS3BcXHPM_ogaAE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22herrick%20macaulay%22&f=false] He also corresponded with [[John Maynard Keynes]] [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FMacaulay%2C%20William%20Herrick%20(1853-1936)%20mathematician] |
||
He was born in [[Hodnet, Shropshire]] and died in [[Clent]]. [[George Campbell Macaulay]] was his brother. |
He was born in [[Hodnet, Shropshire]] and died in [[Clent]]. [[George Campbell Macaulay]] was his brother. He is known for his work in [[Mechanical engineering|engineering]] and proposed a mechanical [[Macaulay's method|technique]] for the [[structural analysis|structural analysis]] |
||
He received a B.A. from Durham University (1874) and an M.A. from Cambridge (1877). He worked in a granite quarry company. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pHPMpj2DedsC&pg=PA123&dq=%22herrick+macaulay%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G7dUUbS3BcXHPM_ogaAE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22herrick%20macaulay%22&f=false] |
He received a B.A. from Durham University (1874) and an M.A. from Cambridge (1877). He worked in a granite quarry company. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pHPMpj2DedsC&pg=PA123&dq=%22herrick+macaulay%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G7dUUbS3BcXHPM_ogaAE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22herrick%20macaulay%22&f=false] |
Revision as of 07:09, 23 October 2014
William Herrick Macaulay (November 16 1853 – November 28 1936) was a British [[[mathematician]], Fellow and Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and close friend of Karl Pearson. [1] He also corresponded with John Maynard Keynes [2]
He was born in Hodnet, Shropshire and died in Clent. George Campbell Macaulay was his brother. He is known for his work in engineering and proposed a mechanical technique for the structural analysis
He received a B.A. from Durham University (1874) and an M.A. from Cambridge (1877). He worked in a granite quarry company. [3]
References
- "William Herrick Macaulay (FML874WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ‘MACAULAY, William Herrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 March 2013
- The Times, Monday, Nov 30, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47545; col D. Mr. W. H. Macaulay King's College, Cambridge