Andrew Barclay (mathematician)

Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay
Born	1849 Hawick, Roxburghshire
Died	15 September 1943(1943-09-15) (aged 94) London
Resting place	Saint Andrews Churchyard in Aldringham [ ⚑ ] 52°11′10″N 1°35′06″E / 52.186180°N 1.585055°E / 52.186180; 1.585055
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Known for	Founder of Edinburgh Mathematical Society
Spouse(s)	Jane Pender
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	George Watson's College High School of Glasgow

Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay (1849–1943) was a Scottish mathematician, known for being one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Life and work

Barclay studied at University of Edinburgh where he graduated in mathematics in 1880.^[1] Then he was professor of mathematics at George Watson's College (Edinburgh) and at High School of Glasgow.^[2] He retired in 1914 and went to reside in London with a son.

Barclay, with Alexander Yule Fraser and Cargill Gilston Knott, issued in January 1883 a circular calling for a Mathematical Society.^[3] That year the Edinburgh Mathematical Society was founded and Barclay became its president in 1884.

References

Bibliography

• Despeaux, Sloan Evans (2011). "A voice for mathematics. Victorian mathematical journals and societies". Mathematics in Victorian Britain. Oxford University Press. pp. 155–176. ISBN 978-0-19-960139-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=YruifIx88AQC. 
• Rankin, R.A. (1983). "The first hundred years (1883–1983)". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society 26 (2): 135–150. doi:10.1017/S0013091500016849. ISSN 0013-0915. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-edinburgh-mathematical-society/article/first-hundred-years-18831983/23AAB4A7D96568FC8E9003DE64AA8EF3. 

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Andrew Barclay (mathematician)", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Barclay.html .

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