Authorised form of name | Galloway; Thomas (1796 - 1851); mathematician |
Dates | 1796 - 1851 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Symington parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Date of birth | 26 February 1796 |
Place of death | His residence in Torrington Square, London |
Date of death | 01 November 1851 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Kensal Green cemetery, London |
Research field | Mathematics |
Activity | Education: MA (1820, Edinburgh) Career: Taught Mathematics at Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1823); Actuary to the Amicable Life Assurance Company, London (1833); member of Actuaries' Club Memberships: FRAS
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 18/12/1834 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1848 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Institute of Actuaries Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1850-1854 vol 6 pp 120-121 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/18005459 |
Code | NA7553 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1834/38 | Galloway, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
PT/32/7/2 | Plate, star's angle made with circle of declination by Thomas Galloway | [1847] |
PT/32/7 | Paper, 'On the proper motion of the solar system' by Thomas Galloway | [1847] |
PT/32/7/3 | Plate, method of determining parallactic motion by Thomas Galloway | [1847] |
PT/32/7/4 | Plate, method of calculating probable error by Thomas Galloway | [1847] |
PT/32/7/1 | Manuscript, 'On the proper motion of the solar system' by Thomas Galloway | [1847] |
RR/1/58 | Referee's report by Thomas Galloway, on a paper 'A practical extension of the application of the law of mortality announced by B Gompertz' by S M Drach | 17 April 1846 |