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Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville Biography Biography
(1831-1916), Anglican priest, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, mathematician Wilkinson was born on the 10th December 1831 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was fellow and assistant tutor 1855-65. He was rector of Reepham St. Mary near Norwich from 1864. He was elected a member of the London Mathematical Society on the 11th December 1873. Throughout his life he had published many books on theories of mathematics. He died on the 22nd March 1916.

Scope and Content
The books, some of which contain loose sheets, include notes and worked problems from his Cambridge studies in the 1850s; Senate House and other examination problems, 1861-65; draft essay for Adams Prize, 1869; commentaries on mathematical books and papers; investigations into elliptic functions, spherical functions, Gauss's series and quaternions, ca.1870-1910. They also include some elementary work by his daughters, Maud and Geraldine, in the 1880s.
Extent
68 volumes
Language
English
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
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Collection Contents List