Person Heath; Sir; Thomas Little (1861 - 1940); civil servant and authority on ancient mathematics Heath Thomas Little Sir civil servant and authority on ancient mathematics 1861 - 1940 British Male Barnetby-le-Wold, Lincolnshire, England 05 October 1861 18611005 Merry Hall, Ashtead, Surrey, England 16/03/1940 19400316

civil servant and authority on ancient mathematics Mathematics Antiquity Education: Caistor grammar school; Clifton College; Trinity College ScD (Camb) Career: Entered the Treasury (1884); private secretary to Sir Reginald Earle, then permanent secretary; private secretary to successive financial secretaries (1891-1894); assistant secretary to the Treasury (1907); permanent secretary to the Treasury jointly with Sir John Bradbury (1913); became comptroller-general and secretary to the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt (1919); served on the royal commission on national museums and galleries (1927-1929); worked on and published works on ancient Greek mathematics. Honours: CB 1903; KCB 1909; KCVO 1916 Memberships: Mathematical Association (President 1922–3) British Academy Parents: Samuel Heath, of Thornton Curtis, Ulceby, Lincolnshire and Mary, daughter of Thomas Little, of Hibaldstowe in the same county. Brother: Robert Samuel Heath (1858–1931), professor of mathematics at Birmingham University. Spouse: Ada Mary, daughter of Major Edward Charles Thomas, of Wandsworth Common (2 June 1914 ). Children: Geoffrey Thomas Heath and Veronica Mary Heath. Known for his English translations of the works of Euclid, Apollonius, Aristachus, and Archimedes. Council 1920-21;1926-28 Fellow 02/05/1912 51 Herbert Hall Turner; Robert Stawell Ball; Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich; John Hilton Grace; Henry Frederick Baker Andrew Russell Forsyth; Alfred North Whitehead; James Whitbread Lee Glaisher; Ernest William Hobson; Henry Martyn Taylor; Ernest William Barnes Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 409-426, plate, by D'Arcy W Thompson International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1941.0012 RCN 43419 RCN 43420 RCN 43418 RCN 43422 RCN 43423 RCN 43421 5 Oct 1861 - 16 Mar 1940 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 24/04/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6072 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/04/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/7457202 eaa034ce-7feb-4539-9168-d44430e7570f