Mathematician:William Allen Whitworth

Mathematician

English mathematician who founded the journal Messenger of Mathematics with Charles Taylor.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 1 February 1840 in Runcorn, England
• Died: 12 March 1905

Theorems and Definitions

• Subfactorial

Publications

• 1867: Choice and Chance: An Elementary Treatise on Permutations, Combinations, and Probability (with several later expanded editions)

• 1872: Founded Messenger of Mathematics (with Charles Taylor)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "William Allen Whitworth": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive