Alexander Macfarlane
Alexander Macfarlane | |
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 Alexander Macfarlane in 1895 | |
| Born | 21 April 1851 Blairgowrie, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 28 August 1913 (aged 62) Chatham, Ontario, Canadae |
| Residence | Chatham, Ontario |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Edinburgh |
| Kent for | Scienteefic biographies Algebra o Physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Logic Physics Mathematics |
| Institutions | Varsity o Texas Lehigh Varsity |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Guthrie Tait |
| Influences | William Rowan Hamilton William Kingdon Clifford Arthur Cayley |
| Influenced | G. W. Pierce Quaternion Society |
Prof Alexander Macfarlane FRSE LLD (21 Apryle 1851 – 28 August 1913) wis a Scots logician, physicist, an mathematician.[1][2]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Knott, C. G. (1 September 1913). "Dr. Alexander Macfarlane". Nature (in Inglis). 92 (2291): 103–104. doi:10.1038/092103a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ↑ "Alexander Macfarlane". www.electricscotland.com. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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