Williamson, Benjamin / [Conner, Richard].

Inscribed Association – Copy of: “An Elementary Treatise on The Differential Calculus, containing ‘The Theory of Plane Curves’, with numerous examples. [Inscribed and signed by irish Mathematician Benjamin Williamson to fellow Trinity College Mathematician, Richard Conner: “R.M.Conner with B. Williamson’s best regards” / Including one minor manuscript annotation by Richard Conner on page 264.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1872. Octavo. XII, 343 pages. Hardcover / original cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Last 8 pages with some fraying and paper-loss. Rear pastedown rubbed. Otherwise with some rubbing but in good, firm condition. A very rare example of an ealy association copy between two irish Trinity mathematicians of the 19th century.

Benjamin Williamson (1827–1916) was an Irish mathematician who was a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) for over 60 years and was Professor of Natural Philosophy there from 1884 to 1890.
Williamson was born in Mallow, County Cork, son of the Rev Benjamin Williamson. He attended Kilkenny College. At TCD he was awarded BA (1849) and MA (1855), having become a Fellow in 1852. He was Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics (1876–1884), and then Professor of Natural Philosophy (1884–1890). TCD awarded him a DSc (1891) and Oxford a DCL (1892). He later became vice provost of TCD (1908), and died in Dublin. His two calculus books were very popular and ran into many editions over the 40 years following their publication. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Richard Conner (1823-??) was born 7 July in Cork city and was educated at TCD (1845+, Fellow 1851, MA 1852, BD & DD 1886). In the early 1860s he was an examiner in maths science at TCD. Most of his career was spend as clergyman in England. (Source: The Atlas of Irish Mathematics (Cork before 1900)

• Keywords: Association Copies · Association Copy · County Cork · Irish History in the 19th century · Irish History of Mathematics · Mallow · Mathemathics · Mathematical Theory · Mathematics – Rare · Trinity College Dublin
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31888AB

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