Macfarlane, Alexander, 1851-1913

Alexander Macfarlane (1851-1913), a Scottish-born professor of mathematics and physics, was a faculty member of the Department of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin from 1885-1894. He later went on to teach at Lehigh University from 1895 to 1908, where wrote a number of works on quaterions, vector analysis, and British mathematicians.

From the guide to the Alexander Macfarlane Collection, 2006-183., 1900-2006, (Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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