Andrew Barclay (mathematician) explained

Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay
Birth Date:19 April 1849
Birth Place:Hawick, Roxburghshire
Death Place:London
Resting Place:Saint Andrews Churchyard in Aldringham
Resting Place Coordinates:52.1862°N 1.5851°W
Spouse:Jane Pender
Parents:George and Jane Barclay
Field:Mathematics
Work Institutions:George Watson's College
High School of Glasgow
Alma Mater:University of Edinburgh
Known For:Founder of Edinburgh Mathematical Society

Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay (19 April 1849 – 15 September 1943) was a Scottish mathematician, known for being one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Life and work

Barclay studied at University of Edinburgh where he graduated in mathematics in 1880.[1] Then he was professor of mathematics at George Watson's College (Edinburgh) and at High School of Glasgow. He retired in 1914 and went to reside in London with a son.

Barclay, with Alexander Yule Fraser and Cargill Gilston Knott, issued in January 1883 a circular calling for a Mathematical Society. That year the Edinburgh Mathematical Society was founded and Barclay became its president in 1884.

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Notes and References

  1. , MacTutor History of Mathematics.