Biographical entry Wilson, William Parkinson (1826 - 1874)

Professor

Born: January 1826
Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Engalnd
Died: 11 December 1874
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Academic and Mathematician
Summary: MA, FCPS.
University of Melbourne, President of the Professional Board from 1856 to 1857 and 1868 to 1871.
University of Melbourne, Professor of Mathematics, Pure and Mixed from 1855 to December 1874.
One of the first four professors at the University if Melbourne. He gave the first lecture at the University on 13 April 1855. (Australian Dictionary of Biography).
Trinity College, Trustee and Secretary to Council 1871-

1843 - 1850: Education - St John's College, Cambridge
1847 - 1857: Occupation - Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge,
August 1849 - 1854: Occupation - Founding professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Belfast
1855 - Dec 1874: University of Melbourne - Professor of Mathematics, Pure and Mixed
1856 - 1857: University of Melbourne - President of the Professional Board
1868 - 1871: University of Melbourne - President of the Professional Board

Trinity College (1872 - )
Trustee and secretary of its first council.

Date: 1871 - c. 1874

Wilson, William Parkinson (1826-1874), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre for Biography, Australian National University, 1976, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-william-parkinson-4870. Details

Created: 22 August 2018, Last modified: 14 December 2018