Smart, William Marshall (1889-1975) astronomer
- GB 275 000124
- Person
- 1889-1975
Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Glasgow, 1937-59.
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Authority recordWordie, Sir James Mann (1889-1962) Knight, polar explorer and scholar
- GB 275 000125
- Person
- 1889-1962
Polar explorer and scholar. BA 1912. Master of St John's College 1952-9.
White, Francis Puryer (1893-1969) mathematician
- GB 275 000126
- Person
- 1893-1969
White came up to St John's as a mathematical scholar in 1912, graduating BA in 1915. In 1916 he was elected to the Isaac Newton Studentship in Astronomy and Optical Physics, a post he held for three years before being elected a Fellow of the College. He was appointed a College Lecturer in 1920 and was Director of Studies in Mathematics from 1945 to 1959. He served on the Council of the London Mathematical Society from 1923 to 1947, and was Secretary of the Cambridge Philosophical Society from 1924 to 1936, and its President from 1961 to 1963. He was appointed Librarian at St John's College in 1948, a post he held until his retirement in 1961, and served as Keeper of the College Records 1961-9.
- GB 275 000127
- Person
- fl 1856
- GB 275 000129
- Person
- fl 1800-1899
- GB 275 000130
- Person
- fl 1859
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician
- GB 275 000131
- Person
- 1642-1727
Main, Robert (1808-1878) astronomer
- GB 275 000133
- Person
- 1808-1878
Flamsteed, John (1646-1719) astronomer
- GB 275 000134
- Person
- 1646-1719
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