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Authorised form of nameMacCullagh; James (1809 - 1847)
Other forms of nameMcCullagh, James
Other forms of surnameMcCullagh
Dates1809 - 1847
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGlenellie, near Strabane, in the parish of Upper Badoney, County Tyrone, Ulster
Date of birth1809
Place of deathCommitted suicide, Dublin, Ireland
Date of death24 October 1847
Research fieldPhysics
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Dublin (1824); LLD
Career:
Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin (1832); Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics, University of Dublin (1835-1843); awarded Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (1838); Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin (1843-1847)
Memberships:
MRIA (1833), Sec (1842-1846)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/02/1843
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1842
RelationshipsSon of James and Margaret MacCullagh
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators
Authority:
Altname from DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1847 No 69 pp 712-718
CodeNA7573
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1843/06MacCullagh, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HS/12/9Letter, from James McCullagh to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College Dublin23 August 1831
HS/12/10Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James McCullagh, dated at Collingwood27 June 1846
HS/12/11Letter, from James McCullagh to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College Dublin2 October 1846
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