Joseph Wolstenholme
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Joseph Wolstenholme was an English
mathematician
.
Wolstenholme was born in Eccles
near Salford, Lancashire
, England
. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge
as Third Wrangler in 1850 and was elected a fellow of Christ's College
in 1852. He became a professor of mathematics
at the Royal Indian Engineering College
at Cooper's Hill
, Egham
near London
from 1871 to 1889, and was the author of Mathematical problems.
He was a close friend of Leslie Stephen
from his undergraduate studies at Cambridge
. Virginia Woolf
used his personality for the character Augustus Carmichael in her novel To the Lighthouse
. His sister was the feminist Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy.
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mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
.
Wolstenholme was born in Eccles
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...
near Salford, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England
England
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. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
as Third Wrangler in 1850 and was elected a fellow of Christ's College
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
in 1852. He became a professor of mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at the Royal Indian Engineering College
Royal Indian Engineering College
The Royal Indian Engineering College was a British college of Civil Engineering founded by Sir George Tomkyns Chesney in 1870. It was intended to train engineers for the Indian Public Works department. The work of the college was transferred to India in 1906....
at Cooper's Hill
Cooper's Hill
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, Egham
Egham
Egham is a wealthy suburb in the Runnymede borough of Surrey, in the south-east of England. It is part of the London commuter belt and Greater London Urban Area, and about south-west of central London on the River Thames and near junction 13 of the M25 motorway.-Demographics:Egham town has a...
near London
London
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from 1871 to 1889, and was the author of Mathematical problems.
He was a close friend of Leslie Stephen
Leslie Stephen
Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.-Life:...
from his undergraduate studies at Cambridge
Cambridge
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. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....
used his personality for the character Augustus Carmichael in her novel To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse is a novel by Virginia Woolf. A novel set on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920, it skilfully manipulates temporal and psychological elements....
. His sister was the feminist Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy.