| Authorised form of name | Clifford; William Kingdon (1845 - 1879) |
| Dates | 1845 - 1879 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Exeter, Devon, England |
| Date of birth | 04 May 1845 |
| Place of death | Madeira |
| Date of death | 03 March 1879 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Highgate Cemetery, London |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
King's College, London; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA,MA
Career:
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1868); Professor of Applied Mathematics, University College, London (1871); developed pulmonary consumption and went to Spain and Algiers on account of his health
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1874 |
| Relationships | Son of William Clifford and his wife, nee Kingdon; married (1875) Lucy, daughter of John Lane of Barbados |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Gillian Beer, 'Translation or Transformation? The Relations of Literature and Science' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 81-99
B Pippard, 'Euclid and other popular romances. Such silver currents: the story of William and Lucy Clifford 1845-1929, by M Chisholm' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 252-253 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/51772037 |
| Code | NA6732 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1874/06 | Clifford, William Kingdon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/72/321 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Fisher Dilke, Baronet; and Miss [Margaret] Clifford | 5 July 1929 |
| RR/7/293 | Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On Mr. Spottiswoode’s contact problems' by William Kingdon Clifford | 4 January 1874 |
| RR/7/442 | Referee's report by William Kingdon Clifford, on a paper 'A memoir on prepotentials' by Arthur Cayley | 1876 |
| RR/8/83 | Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the classification of Loci' by William Kingdon Clifford | 13 June 1878 |
| NLB/69/813 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Capt. G. A. Raineri-Biscia, Italian Naval Attache, Royal Italian Embassy, 4 Tilney Street, Park Lane, W | 25 October 1926 |
| RR/7/485 | Referee's report by William Kingdon Clifford, on a paper 'On multiple contact of surfaces' by William Spottiswoode | 1876 |
| RR/8/84 | Referee's report by Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici, on a paper 'On the classification of Loci' by William Kingdon Clifford | 29th June 1878 |
| P/0023 | Portrait of Clifford, William Kingdon | 1878 |