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Authorised form of nameWoodhouse; Robert (1773 - 1827)
Dates1773 - 1827
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNorwich, Norfolk, England
Date of birth28 April 1773
Place of deathCambridge
Date of death23 or 28 December 1827
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Caius College Chapel, Cambridge
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/12/1802
RelationshipsSon of Robert Woodhouse, linen draper
SourceSources:
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 Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/24684624
CodeNA8096
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/11/146Paper, 'On the necessary truth of certain conclusions obtained by means of imaginary quantities' by Robert Woodhouse1800
L&P/12/70Paper, 'The integration of certain differential equations' by Robert Woodhouse1804
L&P/12/2Paper, 'On the independence of the analytical and geometrical methods of investigation' by Robert Woodhouse1801
L&P/11/151Paper, 'Demonstration of a theorum relating to such portions of the solidity of a sphere' by Robert Woodhouse1800
EC/1802/08Woodhouse, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/73/11/23Diagram, transit telescope at Cambridge Observatory by unknown artist[1825]
PT/73/11/24Diagram, transit telescope construction by unknown artist[1825]
AP/3/22/4Unpublished diagram, wheel acting on pinion by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/6Unpublished diagram, teeth of two wheels in contact by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/2Unpublished diagram, epicycloidal curve as tooth on wheel by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/3Unpublished diagram, angles of tooth of wheel by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the form of the teeth of wheels' by Robert Woodhouse[1807]
AP/3/22/13Unpublished diagram, involutes of circles by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/9Unpublished diagram, convex hypocycloid by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/12Unpublished diagram, teeth elevating rack by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/16Unpublished diagram, Euler's proof of involutes of circles by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/15Unpublished diagram, lack of friction between wheels by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/8Unpublished diagrams, hypocycloid and epicycloid by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/10Unpublished diagram, epicycloid curve by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/11Unpublished diagrams, epicycloidal curves by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/14Unpublished diagrams, teeth constructed using involutes of circles and Euler's method by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22Unpublished paper, 'On the form of the teeth of wheels' by Robert Woodhouse[1807]
AP/3/22/5Unpublished diagram, generating circle revolving on basis circle by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
AP/3/22/7Unpublished diagrams, curves revolving on each other by [Robert Woodhouse][1807]
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