Joshua King

Joshua King

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birth_date = birth date|1798|01|16
birth_place = Lowick, Ulverston, Lancashire, England
death_date = death date and age|1857|09|01|1798|01|16
death_place = President's Lodge, Queens' College, Cambridge, England
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Joshua King (16 January, 1798 Lowick, near Ulverston, in Lancashire, England – 1 September, 1857 President's Lodge, Queens' College, Cambridge, England) was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1839 to 1849.

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"Joshua King came to Cambridge from Hawkshead Grammar School. It was soon evident that the school had produced someone of importance. He became Senior Wrangler, and his reputation in Cambridge was immense. It was believed that nothing less than a Second Newton had appeared. They expected his work as a mathematician to make an epoch in the science. At an early age he became President of Queens’; later, he was Lucasian Professor. He published nothing; in fact, he did no mathematical work. But as long as he kept his health, he was an active and prominent figure in Cambridge, and he maintained his enormous reputation. When he died, it was felt that the memory of such an extraordinary man should not be permitted to die out, and his papers should be published. So his papers were examined, and nothing whatever worth publishing was found."
[ [http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/queens/Record/2004/The%20Historical%20Record/Joshua%20King.html Queens' College Record 2004] ]

References

* [http://www.lucasianchair.org/19/king.html Summary article on Joshua King]


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