Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1834 Born
Educated at Irvine Academy and at Glasgow and Cambridge Universities.
1860-6 H. M. Inspector of Schools in Scotland.
1866-70 Held the Chair of Natural Philosophy at Owens College, Manchester.
1870 Became editor of the Glasgow Herald
Partner in Macmillan and Co
1879 Appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at Glasgow University
1909 Retired from Glasgow University; succeeded by Professor G. A. Gibson.
1924 Died
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