| Authorised form of name | Ivory; Sir; James (1765 - 1842); mathematician |
| Surname | Ivory |
| Forenames | James |
| Dates | 1765 - 1842 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Dundee, Angus, Scotland (17 February 1765)
Death:
Hampstead, London (21 September 1842) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Mathematics
Education:
Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews
Career:
Taught in a school in Dundee (1786); jointly started a flax spinning mill at Douglastown, near Forfar; studied mathematics in spare time; Professor of Mathematics, Royal Military College, at Marlow and later at Sandhurst (1804); retired on full pension (1819)
Honours:
Kt 1831 |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
6/04/1815
Medals/Prizes:
Copley Medal 1814; Royal Medal 1826; Royal Medal 1839
Lectures:
Bakerian 1838 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of James Ivory, watchmaker; unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1842 No 55 pp 406-412
References:
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory, FRS, mathematician: "the most unlucky person that ever existed"' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 223-247
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204
Notes:
Precise birth date from DSB; index to BR provides year only. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/170826820 |
| Royal Society code | NA7611 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| M/139 | Royal Medal | 1839 |
| EC/1814/38 | | Ivory, Sir James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| M/137 | Royal Medal | 1826 |
| AP/18/11 | Remarks on a Passage in Report of the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society at their last Annual Meeting, 14 February 1834 | 27 May 1834 |
| AP/18/12 | Note on the Astronomical Refractions | 6 November 1834 |
| AP/17/9 | On the method proposed by Professor Airy for expanding the disturbing function in his paper in 'Philosophical Transactions' for 1833 | November 1833 |
| AP/18/10 | Some remarks on the manner in which the equilibrium of Fluids is usually treated | 1834 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1832 |
| RR/1/119 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the theory of the astronomical refractions' by James Ivory | 11 July 1838 |
| MC/1/71 | Letter from Davies Gilbert, Treasurer of the Royal Society, East Bourne, to the Royal Society | 19 July 1821 |
| RR/1/120 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Of such ellipsoids, consisting of homogeneous matter, as are capable of having the resultant of the attraction of the mass upon a particle in the surface, and a centrifugal force caused by revolving about one of the axes, made perpendicular to the surface' by James Ivory | 10 February 1838 |
| MC/1/96 | Letter from James Ivory, 17 Grafton Street, Tottenham Court Road, to the Royal Society | 4 November 1823 |
| MC/1/142 | Letter from James Ivory to the Royal Society | 12 April 1826 |