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Authorised form of nameRussell; William Henry Leighton (1823 - 1891)
Dates1823 - 1891
NationalityBritish
Place of birthShepperton
Date of birth26 August 1823
Place of death50 Grove Place, Highgate, London
Date of death28 December 1891
Research fieldMathematics; geometry
ActivityEducation:
AM (Cambridge)
Career:
Wrote papers on mathematics and geometry
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1866
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Royal Society codeNA1543
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
RR/10/291Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On certain geometrical theorems' by William Henry Leighton Russell29 July 1889
AP/57/4On the Integration of Algebraical Functions, with Illustrations in Mechanics1875
MM/14/151'On Linear Differential Equations No. 2', by WHL RussellJanuary 1870
AP/66/14On certain Geometrical Theorems1889
AP/51/12On the Mechanical Description of Curves1869
NLB/5/1066Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons31 December 1891
NLB/8/736Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Fellow of the Royal Society15 December 1893
RR/2/209Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On the theory of definite integrals' by William Henry Leighton Russell28 February 1855
RR/2/210Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the theory of definite integrals' by William Henry Leighton Russell23 May 1855
RR/4/224Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - third memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell2 July 1862
RR/4/223Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - third memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell22 June 1862
RR/4/228Referee's report by Philip Kelland, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols, with applications to the theory of differential equations' by William Henry Leighton Russell19 March 1861
RR/4/221Referee's report by George Boole, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - second memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell13 May 1862
RR/4/222Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - second memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell7 March 1862
RR/4/225Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'On the calculus of functions' by William Henry Leighton Russell2 June 1862
RR/5/224Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.—Third memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell14 October 1863
RR/5/228Letter to George Salmon, regarding a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.— Fourth memoir. With applications to the theory of non-linear differential equations' by William Henry Leighton Russell19 February 1864
RR/5/227Referee's report by George Boole, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.— Fourth memoir. With applications to the theory of non-linear differential equations' by William Henry Leighton Russellnd [1864]
RR/6/258Referee's report by Robert Willis, on a paper 'On the mechanical description of curves' by William Henry Leighton Russell28 July 1869
RR/7/401Referee's report by Robert Harley, on a paper 'On the integration of algebraical functions, with illustrations in mechanics' by William Henry Leighton Russell29 March 1875
RR/7/402Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the integration of algebraical functions, with illustrations in mechanics' by William Henry Leighton Russell21 April 1875
RR/10/292Referee's report by Andrew Russell Forsyth, on a paper 'On certain geometrical theorems' by William Henry Leighton Russell24 July 1889
RR/4/226Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the calculus of functions' by William Henry Leighton Russell21 January 1862
RR/5/225Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.— Fourth memoir. With applications to the theory of non-linear differential equations' by William Henry Leighton Russell10 April 1864
RR/5/223Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.—Third memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell16 June 1863
RR/4/227Referee's report by George Boole, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols, with applications to the theory of differential equations' by William Henry Leighton Russell1861
PT/64/11Paper, 'On the calculus of symbols (second memoir)' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell[1862]
PT/69/11Paper, 'On the calculus of symbols - third memoir' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell[1863]
PT/50/7Paper, 'On the theory of definite integrals' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell[1854]
PT/64/12Paper, 'On the calculus of functions' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell[1861]
PT/63/5Paper, 'On the calculus of symbols, with applications to the theory of differential equations' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell[1860]
EC/1866/13Russell, William Henry Leighton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/5/229Referee's report by George Salmon, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.— Fourth memoir. With applications to the theory of non-linear differential equations' by William Henry Leighton Russell19 April 1864
RR/5/226Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols.— Fifth memoir. With applications to linear partial differential equations, and the calculus of functions' by William Henry Leighton Russell22 June 1864
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