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Authorised form of nameGlenie; James (1750 - 1817)
Dates1750 - 1817
NationalityBritish
Place of birthFife, Scotland
Date of birth1750
Place of deathChelsea, London
Date of death23 November 1817
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Churchyard of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
ActivityEducation:
MA (St Andrew's University)
Career:
Cadet of Artillery, Woolwich; Practioner Engineer whilst serving in Canada; retired from the Army (1787); representative of the House of Assembly, New Brunswick
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1779
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/36775152
CodeNA2707
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/6/137Paper, 'On the division of right lines, surfaces and solids' by James Glenie1775
L&P/12/105Paper, 'The geometrical summation of infinite series' by James Glenie1805
L&P/6/233Paper, 'General mathematical laws; comparison of magnitudes' by James Glenie1777
L&P/12/106Paper, 'On method of fortification' by James Glenie1805
EC/1778/30Glenie, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/1/17/2Unpublished diagram, triangles inscribed in circle by [James Glenie][1811]
AP/1/17Unpublished paper, 'On quadrature of the circle' by [James Glenie][1811]
AP/1/17/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On quadrature of the circle' by [James Glenie][1811]
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