Thomas Key Papers c1840-1875

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

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Founded 1826, largely at instigation of Lord Brougham. Society's aim was to diffuse knowledge by acting as agent between authors and publishers in commissioning series of treatises on specified topics. The earliest series, 'The Library of Useful Knowledge,' included many works on mathematics and related philosophy. From the description of Papers, 1829-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77698903 ...

Society for Philological Inquiries

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Thomas Hewitt Key, 1799-1875

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Thomas Key was the son of a London physician and he studied medicine at Trinity College Cambridge. However, he was very interested in the sciences and political economy, and accepted the offer of the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. He was not happy in America and returned to England in 1827. He was appointed Professor of Latin at University College London in 1828. In addition he became in 1831 Headmaster, with Henry Malden, of University College School. In 1842 he resigned fr...

Key, Thomas Hewitt, 1799-1875.

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First professor of math at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papersof Thomas Hewitt Key, 1824-1827, 1870, 1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793579 First professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia, 1825-1827. From the description of Letter to Thomas Jefferson h[manuscript], 1825 November 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874614 ...

University College School, London.

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