Hugh Blackburn
Deceased Person
1823 – 1909
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Who was Hugh Blackburn?
Bailie Hugh Blackburn was a Scottish mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson, and the husband of illustrator Jemima Blackburn, he was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879. He succeeded Thomson's father James in the Chair of Mathematics.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1823
Fife - Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Eton College
- Edinburgh Academy
- Died
- Oct 9, 1909
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on July 23, 2013
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