George Johnston Allman

Who was George Johnston Allman?

George Johnston Allman was an Irish professor, mathematician, classical scholar, and historian of ancient Greek mathematics.

He was born in Dublin the son of William Allman MD, also a botanist.

He held the position of Professor of Mathematics at Queen's University of Ireland for forty years, from 1853 until reaching retirement age in 1893. His fame rests mainly upon his authorship of Greek Geometry from Thales to Euclid, first published in Dublin in 1889, and republished several times subsequently.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June, 1884. His candidacy citation read: "Member of the Senate of the Queen's University of Ireland, – Appointed by Charter one of the original Senators of the Royal University of Ireland – Member of Standing Committee of the said University. Author of the following papers, amongst others; Method of deriving the Polar Equations of Dynamics & Hydrodynamics from direct physical considerations – Dublin University Phil Transactions 1848. On certain Curves traced on the Surface of an Ellipsoid, Camb & Dub Math Journal. 1848.