- Thomas Postlethwaite
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name = Thomas Postlethwaite
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birth_date = 1731
birth_place =Lancashire ,England
death_date = death date and age|1798|05|04|1731|0|0
death_place =Bath, Somerset ,England
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resting_place =Bath Abbey ,Bath, Somerset ,England
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footnotes =Thomas Postlethwaite (1731–
May 4 1798 Bath) was the son of Richard Postlethwaite ofCrosslands ,Lancashire .It is believed that Thomas gave the Barnaby lecture in Mathematics in 1758. However, he certainly became the Master of
Trinity College, Cambridge from 1789 to 1798. He died at Bath on May 4, 1798, and is buried in theBath Abbey church.References
* [http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=172 The Master of Trinity] at
Trinity College, Cambridge Persondata
NAME = Postlethwaite, Thomas
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH = 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH =Lancashire ,England
DATE OF DEATH =1798-05-04
PLACE OF DEATH =Bath, Somerset ,England
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