Person Basset; Alfred Barnard (1854 - 1930); mathematician Basset Alfred Barnard mathematician 1854 - 1930 British Male 05/12/1930 19301205 Fledborough Hall, Holyport, Berkshire, England 05/12/1930 19301205

Chapel Place Mansion, 322 Oxford Street, London (1889); Fledborough Hall, Holyport, Berkshire, England

Barrister Mathematician Fluid dynamics Hydrodynamics Electrodynamics Algebraic geometry Mathematics Education: Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1877), MA Career: Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn (1879); published work on hydrodynamics (1888), on physical optics (1892), on cubic and quartic curves (1901) and on geometry of surfaces (1910); retired to Berkshire. Memberships: Mathematical Society (VP 1892-93) Only son of Alfred Basset; married Edith Sarah Irwin, daughter of Thomas Gustave de Chaundre of Rouen and Dublin Remembered for Basset force; Basset integral; Basset–Boussinesq–Oseen equation. Fellow 06/06/1889 41 Norman Macleod Ferrers; Joseph John Thomson; Andrew Russell Forsyth; William Mitchinson Hicks; John Couch Adams; Percival Frost; William Henry Besant; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; George Howard Darwin; James Whitbread Lee Glaisher; Alfred George Greenhill Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1931 vol 131 pp i-ii signed by H L References: Lawrence Badash, 'British and American Views of the German Menace in World War I' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 91-121 Basset A B, IM Maull 000280.jpg ©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/doi/10.1098/rspa.1931.0068 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Basset%2C+Alfred+Barnard RCN 26823 RCN 26824 RCN 26825 RCN 26821 RCN 26822 RCN 26820 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH594 25 Jul 1854 - 5 Dec 1930 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 03/07/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8117 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/34817383 4a803c4c-dfcc-4d64-adc2-4562cab025a1