Biographical entry McLaren, Samuel Bruce (1876 - 1916)

Professor

Born: 16 August 1876
Yedo, Japan
Died: 13 August 1916
Abbeville, France
Occupation: Academic, Mathematical Physicist and Mathematician
Summary: BA Melb and Cambridge.
University of Melbourne, Wyselaskie Scholarship in Mathematics 1896.
University of Melbourne, Dixon Scholarship in Mathematics and also shared the same scholarship for Natural Philosophy with Laboratory Work 1895.

1886 - c. 1893: Education - Coburg State School, Brighton Grammar School and Scotch College
1895: University of Melbourne - Dixon Scholarship in Mathematics and also shared the same scholarship for Natural Philosophy with Laboratory Work
c. 1895 - c. 1896: Ormond College - Resident
1900: Education - Trinity College, Cambridge University, BA
1901: Awards - Isaac Newton studentship in astronomy and physical optics
1904: Occupation - Lecturer in mathematics at University College, Bristol.
1906 - 1913: Occupation - Birmingham University
1913: Awards - shared the Cambridge Adams prize with J. W. Nicholson
1913: Occupation - Chair in mathematics at University College, Reading

Cross, J J, McLaren, Samuel Bruce (1876-1916), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre for Biography, Australian National University, 1986, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mclaren-samuel-bruce-7409. Details

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