James MacCullagh
James MacCullagh [McCullagh] (1809–1847), mathematician
1829 Graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he stayed for the rest of his life
1832 Gained a fellowship. Shortly afterwards he was made junior assistant to the Erasmus Smith professor of mathematics and assistant to the lecturer in Greek.
During his career he wrote 39 papers, presented for the most part to the Royal Irish Academy and published in its Proceedings or Transactions. Most of his papers were republished posthumously, together with his lectures on the rotation of a solid body and on the attraction of ellipsoids. Much of his work was on the physical problem of the propagation of light.
1835 Appointed to the chair of mathematics at Trinity College.
1841 Instrumental in the establishment of the school of engineering at Trinity; subsequently shared responsibility for teaching mechanics and physics to engineering students.
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