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Authorised form of nameKirkman; Thomas Penyngton (1806 - 1895)
Dates1806 - 1895
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBolton, Lancashire, England
Date of birth31 March 1806
Place of deathCroft, near Warrington, Cheshire
Date of death03 February 1895
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityCareer:
Rector, Croft-cum-Southworth, Lancashire
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1857
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Tony Crilly, 'The Young Arthur Cayley' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 267-282
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/68456749
CodeNA1116
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1857/07Kirkman, Thomas Penyngton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/4/405Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Reverend Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1890
NLB/3/52Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Rev Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, Fellow of the Royal Society22 February 1889
NLB/10/1003Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to R Owen, Croft Rectory, Warrington21 March 1895
NLB/10/834Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons16 February 1895
RR/3/165Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the representation of polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman9 February 1856
RR/4/145Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penynton Kirkman21 February 1862
PT/57/3/5Plate, polyhedra relating to articles XXXII-XXXVI by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman[1856]
RR/3/166Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On autopolar polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman30 October 1856
RR/3/169Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On autopolar polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman8 April 1857
RR/3/162Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the enumeration of x-edra having triedral summits, and an (x—1)-gonal base' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman13 July 1855
RR/5/132Letter from Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman24 September 1863
NLB/10/1011Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster25 March 1895
RR/3/170Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the partitions of the R-pyramid, being the first class of R-gonous X-edra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman19 January 1858
PT/54/9Paper, 'On the representation of polyedra [polyhedra]' by Rev Tho [Thomas] P [Penyngton] Kirkman[1855]
PT/57/4Paper, 'On the K-partition of the R-gon and R-ace' by Rev Tho P [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman[1856]
PT/54/8Paper, 'On the enumeration of x-edra having triedral summits, and an (x-1)-gonal base' by Rev Tho [Thomas] P [Penyngton] KirkmanMay 1855
RR/3/164Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the representation of polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman2 February 1856
RR/3/167Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the K-partitions of the R-gon and R-ace' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman5 January 1857
PT/57/3/4Plate, polyhedra relating to articles XIX-XXI by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman[1856]
PT/57/3/3Plate, polyhedra relating to articles VI-XVII by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman[1856]
PT/57/3/2Plate, hexahedron systems by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman[1856]
PT/57/3/1Manuscript, 'On autopolar polyedra' by Rev Thos P [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman[1856]
RR/3/171Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the partitions of the R-pyramid, being the first class of R-gonous X-edra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman28 January 1858
RR/4/146Letter from Thomas Penynton Kirkman, about his paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' to The Royal Society2 January 1862
PT/64/5Paper, 'On the theory of the polyedra [polyhedra]' by Rev Tho P [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman[1862]
PT/57/3Paper, 'On autopolar polyedra' by Rev Thos P [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman[1856]
MC/11/173Letter from Tho P [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman, Croft Rectory, near Warrington, to the Royal Society28 February 1878
RR/3/168Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the K-partitions of the R-gon and R-ace' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman7 January 1857
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
RR/4/150Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penynton Kirkman1862
RR/4/147Referee's report by Thomas Archer Hirst, on a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penynton Kirkman23 June 1861
RR/4/148Second referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penynton Kirkman4 July 1861
RR/4/149Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penynton Kirkman2 June 1862
AP/44/6Unpublished paper, 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas P [Penyngton] Kirkman1862
AP/43/5Unpublished paper, 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas P [Penyngton] Kirkman1861
RR/3/163Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On the enumeration of x-edra having triedral summits, and an (x—1)-gonal base' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman31 August 1855
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