| Authorised form of name | Salmon; George (1819 - 1904) |
| Dates | 1819 - 1904 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cork, County Cork, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 25 September 1819 |
| Place of death | The Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of death | 22/01/1904 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin, Ireland |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin. BA (1833), MA (1844), BD and DD (1859)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; Donegal Lecturer in Mathematics (1848-1866); Professor of Mathematics; Regius Professor of Divinity, Trinity College, Dublin (1866-1888); Provost of Trinity (1888-1902)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1863 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1868; Copley Medal 1889 |
| Relationships | Only son of Michael Salmon, linen merchant, and his wife Helen, daughter of Rev Edward Weekes; married (1844) Frances Anne, daughter of Rev J L Salvador of Staunton, Herefordshire |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 347-355 signed by C J J
References:
Tony Crilly, 'The Young Arthur Cayley' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 267-282 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/100210233 |
| Royal Society code | NA3512 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1863/13 | Salmon, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/003991 | Salmon, George | 1892 |
| AP/60/16/5 | Unpublished letter, regarding 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 100,000 and 110,000' from [George] Salmon to [the Secretary of the Royal Society] | 4 April 1879 |
| NLB/3/1025 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Rev Dr George Salmon, Fellow of the Royal Society | 14 December 1889 |
| NLB/3/872 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Honorable C W Fremantle | 1 November 1889 |
| NLB/3/876 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Rev Dr George Salmon, Fellow of the Royal Society | 31 October 1889 |
| NLB/28/181 | Copy letter from [Theodore E James], to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 26 January 1904 |
| RR/3/246 | Referee's report by Bartholomew Price, on a paper 'On curves of the third order' by George Salmon | 16 July 1858 |
| RR/4/230 | Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On quaternary cubics' by George Salmon | 27 July 1860 |
| RR/5/228 | Letter 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 Russell | 19 February 1864 |
| RR/6/67 | Referee's report by George Salmon, on two papers 'A memoir on the theory of reciprocal surfaces' and 'A memoir on cubic surfaces' by Arthur Cayley | 9 February 1869 |
| RR/3/51 | Referee's report by John Thomas Graves, on a paper 'A memoir on curves of the third order' by Arthur Cayley | 31 January 1957 |
| IM/003992 | Salmon, George | nd |
| AP/61/6/2 | Unpublished letter, regarding 'On the period of the reciprocal of every prime number between 110,000 and 120,000' from [George] Salmon to [the Secretary of the Royal Society] | 15 December 1880 |
| PT/60/14 | Paper, 'On quaternary cubics' by Rev George Salmon | [1860] |
| RR/3/245 | Referee's report by John Thomas Graves, on a paper 'On curves of the third order' by George Salmon | 21 July 1858 |
| RR/5/229 | Referee'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 Russell | 19 April 1864 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/6/332 | Letter from George Salmon, Trinity College Dublin, to the Royal Society | 11 June 1863 |
| MC/8/267 | Letter from Geo [George] Salmon, Trinity College Dublin, to Wm [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 9 November 1868 |
| AP/60/6 | Unpublished paper, 'Remarks connected with the number of figures in the periods of the reciprocals of prime numbers' by William Shanks | 29 October 1877 |
| AP/57/4 | Unpublished table, 'The reciprocal of every prime between 30,000 and 40,000' by William Shanks | 1875 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| AP/71/3 | Unpublished paper, 'On the Abelian systems of differential equations, and their rational and integral algebraic integrals, with a discussion of the periodicity of their Abelian functions' by W R [William Ralph] Westropp Roberts | 1895 |
| AP/60/16/3 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 80,000 and 100,000' by William Shanks | 29 October 1877-12 November 1877 |
| AP/61/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the period of the reciprocal of every prime number between 110,000 and 120,000' by William Shanks | 1880 |
| RR/4/229 | Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On quaternary cubics' by George Salmon | 20 July 1860 |
| MC/15/49 | Letter from George Salmon, Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin, to George [Gabriel Stokes] | 1 November 1889 |
| MC/15/50 | Letter from George Salmon, Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin, to the Royal Society | 2 November 1889 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |
| AP/60/16 | Unpublished paper, 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 60,000 and 110,000' by William Shanks | 1876-1879 |
| AP/60/16/2 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 75,000 and 80,000' by William Shanks | 17 February 1877 |