Stephen Parkinson
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Stephen Parkinson was a British
mathematician
.
Parkinson went up to St John's College, Cambridge
as a sizar
in 1841 and graduated as Senior Wrangler in 1845, beating William Thomson
. He was elected to a Fellowship at St John's in the same year. He was ordained in 1851, made BD
in 1855 and DD
in 1869.
He was College lecturer in mathematics, tutor and President (1865-89). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870.
Parkinson was the author of two mathematical textbooks, Elementary Treatise on Mechanics (1855) and A Treatise on Optics (1859).
British people
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mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
.
Parkinson went up to St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
as a sizar
Sizar
At Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge, a sizar is a student who receives some form of assistance such as meals, lower fees or lodging during his or her period of study, in some cases in return for doing a defined job....
in 1841 and graduated as Senior Wrangler in 1845, beating William Thomson
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...
. He was elected to a Fellowship at St John's in the same year. He was ordained in 1851, made BD
Bachelor of Divinity
In Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
in 1855 and DD
Doctor of Divinity
Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....
in 1869.
He was College lecturer in mathematics, tutor and President (1865-89). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870.
Parkinson was the author of two mathematical textbooks, Elementary Treatise on Mechanics (1855) and A Treatise on Optics (1859).