Mathematician:George Salmon

Mathematician

Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian who worked in algebraic geometry.

Nationality

Irish (then part of Great Britain).

History

• Born: 25 September 1819 in Dublin, Ireland
• Died: 22 January 1904 in Dublin, Ireland

Publications

• 1848: A Treatise on Conic Sections
  • 1855: A Treatise on Conic Sections ($3$rd edition)
  • 1863: A Treatise on Conic Sections ($4$th edition)

• 1849: Prayer

• 1852: A Treatise on Higher Plane Curves
  • 1879: A Treatise on Higher Plane Curves ($3$rd edition)

• 1859: Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra
  • 1866: Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra ($2$nd edition)
  • 1876: Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra ($3$rd edition)
  • 1885: Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra ($4$th edition) (with some additions by Cathcart to the chapters on binary quantics).
  • 1964: Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra ($5$th edition)

• 1861: Sermons preached in Trinity College Chapel

• 1862: A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
  • 1915: A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions ($5$th edition)

• 1864: The Eternity of Future Punishment

• 1873: The Reign of Law

• 1881: Non-miraculous Christianity

• 1885: Introduction to the New Testament

• 1888: The Infallibility of the Church
  • 1899: The Infallibility of the Church ($3$rd edition)

• 1897: Some Thoughts on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament

• 1900: Cathedral and University Sermons

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "George Salmon": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians