George neville watson biography

George Neville Watson FRS FRSE (31 January 1886 – 2 February 1965) was an.
Neville Watson studied at Cambridge, and then taught at Cambridge and University College London before becoming Professor at Birmingham.
George Neville Watson was born at Westward Ho! on 31 January 1886.

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University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of George Neville Watson

George Neville Watson, 1886-1965. Education: St Paul's School, London; Trinity College, Cambridge. Career: Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1910-1916; 1914, Assistant Lecturer, 1915-18; Assistant Professor, University College, London; 1918-1951; Professor of Mathematics, University of Birmingham (appointed on the retirement of Professor R. S. Heath): in 1937, the Mathematics Department divided into two - for pure and applied mathematics - and Watson became Professor of Pure Mathematics. The new mathematics building, opened in 1961, was named the Watson Building in his honour.

Membership of Societies: Active member of the London Mathematical Society from 1907, holding a number of offices (member of the Council, 1918-46; honorary secretary, 1919-33, honorary editor, 1937-46, President, 1933-35 and Vice-President, 1935-36). Member of Mathematical Association (President, 1932-33).

Awards: De Morgan Medal, London Mathematical Society, 1947; Gold Medal, Royal Danish Academy, 1912; Sylvester Medal, Royal Socie

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Born

31 January 1886
Westward Ho!, Devon, England

Died

2 February 1965
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

Summary

Neville Watson studied at Cambridge, and then taught at Cambridge and University College London before becoming Professor at Birmingham. He is best known as the joint author with Whittaker of one of the standard text-books on Analysis.

Biography

Neville Watson's mother was Mary Justina Griffith (1860-1945), the eldest daughter of the rector of Ardley in Oxfordshire, Rev George Sandham Griffith (1831-1903) and Julia Robberd (1832-1904). Neville's father was George Wentworth Watson (born 1857 in Calcutta, India, died 1940) who, at the time of Neville's birth, was a schoolmaster at the United Services College, teaching mathematics and geography, but is more famous for his work as a genealogist. He played a large role in the publication of The Complete Peerage, a 13-volume database of the British peerage, generally accepted as the greatest British achievement in the field of genealogy. The first edition was published in London betw

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George Neville Watson, Sc.D. (Cantab.), Hon.LL.D. (Edin.), Hon.Sc.D. (Dub.), F.R.S., Hon.F.R.S.E.

George Neville Watson was born on January 31, 1886, at Westward Ho! in Devon, and died in Leamington Spa on February 2, 1965. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he held a Major Scholarship. In 1907 he was classed as Senior Wrangler in Part I of the Mathematical Tripos and he obtained First Class Honours in Part II of that Tripos the following year. In 1910 he became a Fellow of Trinity College and held his Fellowship until 1916. However, in 1914, he went to University College, London, as an Assistant Lecturer and was promoted to an Assistant Professorship the following year.

Professor R S Heath, who was the first Professor of Mathematics in Birmingham University, retired in 1918 and Watson was asked to succeed him. He remained in Birmingham from 1918 until his retirement at the age of sixty-five in 1951. In 1925 he married Elfrida (Freda) Gwenfil Lane, the daughter of the late Thomas Wright Lane.

For his outstanding contribution