William McFadden Orr

William McFadden Orr

William McFadden Orr (2 May 1866 – 14 August 1934) was an Irish mathematician.

He was born in Comber, County Down and educated at Methodist College Belfast and Queen's College, Belfast before entering St John's College, Cambridge and graduating as Senior Wrangler in 1888. He was elected a fellow of his college, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1909.

He was appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal College of Science for Ireland in 1892 and professor of pure mathematics and applied mathematics when the college merged with University College Dublin in 1926. He retired in 1933.

ee also

*Orr–Sommerfeld equation

References

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first=A. W.
last=Conway
title=William McFadden Orr. 1866–1934
journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society
volume=1
issue=4
date=December 1935
pages=559–562
doi=10.1098/rsbm.1935.0019
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