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For many years lecturer on, and afterwards professor of, mathematics in the Royal Belfast | For many years lecturer on, and afterwards professor of, mathematics in the Royal Belfast | ||
Academical Institution, but subsequently became professor of mathematics in Glasgow University. He was a highly successful teacher and original investigator in mathematics, and was the author of many important school books. There are not a few persons living who remember well the spirited mathematical classes of those days, and also in particular the brilliant progress of the professor's two sons, [[James Thomson]] and [[William Thomson]] (Lord Kelvin), who passed through every class with credit and through many with unrivalled distinction. The two young men early showed that high inventive genius which has distinguished them through life, and James Thomson chose for his career that of a civil engineer, serving his apprenticeship - after he had taken the degree of M.A. - in the works of the late Sir William | Academical Institution, but subsequently became professor of mathematics in Glasgow University. He was a highly successful teacher and original investigator in mathematics, and was the author of many important school books. There are not a few persons living who remember well the spirited mathematical classes of those days, and also in particular the brilliant progress of the professor's two sons, [[James Thomson (1822-1892)|James Thomson]] and [[William Thomson]] (Lord Kelvin), who passed through every class with credit and through many with unrivalled distinction. The two young men early showed that high inventive genius which has distinguished them through life, and James Thomson chose for his career that of a civil engineer, serving his apprenticeship - after he had taken the degree of M.A. - in the works of the late Sir William | ||
Fairbairn.<ref>Obituary of James Thomson,[[The Engineer 1892/05/13]]</ref> | Fairbairn.<ref>Obituary of James Thomson,[[The Engineer 1892/05/13]]</ref> | ||
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James Thomson
For many years lecturer on, and afterwards professor of, mathematics in the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, but subsequently became professor of mathematics in Glasgow University. He was a highly successful teacher and original investigator in mathematics, and was the author of many important school books. There are not a few persons living who remember well the spirited mathematical classes of those days, and also in particular the brilliant progress of the professor's two sons, James Thomson and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), who passed through every class with credit and through many with unrivalled distinction. The two young men early showed that high inventive genius which has distinguished them through life, and James Thomson chose for his career that of a civil engineer, serving his apprenticeship - after he had taken the degree of M.A. - in the works of the late Sir William Fairbairn.[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Obituary of James Thomson,The Engineer 1892/05/13