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Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892
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Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and graduated B. A. 1843 as Senior Wrangler and lst Smith's prizeman. Fellow of St. Johns. Then undertook to determine the cause of the perturbations of Uranus and left the results at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1845, but his discovery was anticipated by Urban J. J. Le Verrier (for. Mem. R. S. 1847) in July 1846. Le Verrier received the Copley Medal 1846 and Adams 1848. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge, 1858. Director of Cambridge Observat...
Cayley, Arthur, 1821-1895
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Arthur Cayley was one of the preeminent British mathematicians of the 19th century. In 1863 he was appointed the Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at Cambridge, a position he held until his death at the age of 73. From the description of A memoir on the quintic equation / by Prof. Cayley. [1894 or 1895] (Lehigh University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 226025432 Epithet: of Gisburgh, county Yorkshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pe...
