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Authorised form of nameGalloway; Thomas (1796 - 1851); mathematician
Dates1796 - 1851
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSymington parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of birth26 February 1796
Place of deathHis residence in Torrington Square, London
Date of death01 November 1851
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Kensal Green cemetery, London
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
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
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/12/1834
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1848
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Institute of Actuaries
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1850-1854 vol 6 pp 120-121
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/18005459
CodeNA7553
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1834/38Galloway, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/32/7/2Plate, star's angle made with circle of declination by Thomas Galloway[1847]
PT/32/7Paper, 'On the proper motion of the solar system' by Thomas Galloway[1847]
PT/32/7/3Plate, method of determining parallactic motion by Thomas Galloway[1847]
PT/32/7/4Plate, method of calculating probable error by Thomas Galloway[1847]
PT/32/7/1Manuscript, 'On the proper motion of the solar system' by Thomas Galloway[1847]
RR/1/58Referee'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 Drach17 April 1846
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