| Authorised form of name | Woodhouse; Robert (1773 - 1827) |
| Dates | 1773 - 1827 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 28 April 1773 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |
| Date of death | 23 or 28 December 1827 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Caius College Chapel, Cambridge |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
BA (1795, Senior Wrangler) MA (1798) Caius College, Cambridge
Career:
Fellow of Caius College (1798-1823); Published 'The Principals of analytical calculation' (1803); Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge (1820); Plumian Professor of Astronomy (1822)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/12/1802 |
| Relationships | Son of Robert Woodhouse, linen draper |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
W Johnson, 'Contributors to Improving the Teaching of Calculus in Early 19th-Century England' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 93-103
P M Harman, 'Newton to Maxwell: the Principia and British Physics' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 75-96
Notes:
DNB gives date of death as 28 December 1827 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/24684624 |
| Royal Society code | NA8096 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| L&P/11/146 | Paper, 'On the necessary truth of certain conclusions obtained by means of imaginary quantities' by Robert Woodhouse | 1800 |
| L&P/12/70 | Paper, 'The integration of certain differential equations' by Robert Woodhouse | 1804 |
| L&P/12/2 | Paper, 'On the independence of the analytical and geometrical methods of investigation' by Robert Woodhouse | 1801 |
| L&P/11/151 | Paper, 'Demonstration of a theorum relating to such portions of the solidity of a sphere' by Robert Woodhouse | 1800 |
| EC/1802/08 | Woodhouse, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/73/11/23 | Diagram, transit telescope at Cambridge Observatory by unknown artist | [1825] |
| PT/73/11/24 | Diagram, transit telescope construction by unknown artist | [1825] |
| AP/3/22/4 | Unpublished diagram, wheel acting on pinion by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/6 | Unpublished diagram, teeth of two wheels in contact by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/2 | Unpublished diagram, epicycloidal curve as tooth on wheel by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/3 | Unpublished diagram, angles of tooth of wheel by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the form of the teeth of wheels' by Robert Woodhouse | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/13 | Unpublished diagram, involutes of circles by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/9 | Unpublished diagram, convex hypocycloid by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/12 | Unpublished diagram, teeth elevating rack by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/16 | Unpublished diagram, Euler's proof of involutes of circles by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/15 | Unpublished diagram, lack of friction between wheels by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/8 | Unpublished diagrams, hypocycloid and epicycloid by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/10 | Unpublished diagram, epicycloid curve by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/11 | Unpublished diagrams, epicycloidal curves by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/14 | Unpublished diagrams, teeth constructed using involutes of circles and Euler's method by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22 | Unpublished paper, 'On the form of the teeth of wheels' by Robert Woodhouse | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/5 | Unpublished diagram, generating circle revolving on basis circle by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |
| AP/3/22/7 | Unpublished diagrams, curves revolving on each other by [Robert Woodhouse] | [1807] |