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Authorised form of nameCadell; William Archibald (1775 - 1855)
Dates1775 - 1855
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHis father's residence at Carron Park, near Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Date of birth27 June 1775
Place of deathEdinburgh
Date of death19 February 1855
OccupationBarrister
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh University
Career:
Did not practice law, but engaged in scientific and antiquarian research; taken prisoner by the French whilst travelling on the Continent and escaped after several years; published 'A journey in Carnicola, Italy and Freance in the years 1817, 1818' (1820)
Memberships:
FGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/06/1810
RelationshipsEldest son of William Cadell, one of the founders of the Carron Iron Works
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/88601088
CodeNA3257
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1810/07Cadell, William Archibald: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/10/4Unpublished paper, 'On the hour lines of the ancients' by W A [William Archibald] Cadell[1830]
AP/15/2/8Unpublished diagrams, hour lines at different latitudes by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2/2Unpublished diagram, orthographic projection of a curve by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2/1Unpublished manuscript, regarding formation of the curve from W A [William Archibald] Cadell to [Peter Mark] Roget11 January 1831
AP/15/2/3Unpublished diagram, change of point's motion at flexure by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2/4Unpublished diagram, projection on cylindrical surface by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2/5Unpublished diagram, semidiurnal arc by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2/6Unpublished diagram, earth's horizon by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2/7Unpublished diagrams, horizon at different latitudes by [William Archibald Cadell]11 January 1831
AP/15/2Unpublished letter, regarding formation of the curve from W A [William Archibald] Cadell to [Peter Mark] Roget11 January 1831
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