Person Smith; Henry John Stephen (1826 - 1883); mathematician Smith Henry John Stephen mathematician 1826 - 1883 British Male Dublin, Ireland 02 November 1826 18261102 Oxford 09 February 1883 18830209 Burial: St Sepulchre's cemetery, Oxford, England (19 September 1883)

mathematician Mathematics Education: Early education received at home; private tuition (1838-1841); Rugby School (1841), Balliol College, Oxford. BA (1850), MA (1855) Career: Fellow, Balliol College (1849); Lecturer in Mathematics, Balliol College (1850); Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford University (1861); Keeper of the University Museum, Oxford (1874); died at home of an abscess of the liver (1882). Memberships: FRAS (1861) Parents: John Smith, barrister, and Mary, daughter of John Murphy; named after his father's tutor, Henry John Stephen. Known for his work on elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and the Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula in number theory. First to discover the Cantor set. His mathematical papers were collected and edited by James Glaisher and, prefaced by biographical reminiscences, an posthumously published in 1894. Royal Society roles: VP 1877-1878 Fellow 06/06/1861 35 James Joseph Sylvester Heny Wentworth Acland Robert Main Charles Daubeny Richard Greswell John Phillips Benjamin Collins Brodie, Junior Bartholomew Price John Lubbock Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: Edmund J Bowen, 'The Balliol-Trinity Laboratories, Oxford 1853-1940' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 227-236 ©The Royal Society 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/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Smith%2C+Henry+John+Stephen RCN R63888 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH7842 2 Nov 1826 - 9 Feb 1883 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 18/09/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6491 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/54231117 a1043f45-8e75-4a67-b10f-abf3fe655ab7