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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Mathematician.
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Mathematician, with a specialty in geometry. Founded Ivory's Theorem, in which the family of confocal conics has the property that in each quadrangle formed by two pairs of conics the diagonals are of equal length. Held the mathematical chair in the Royal Military College, Great Marlow.  His articles on Attraction and Capillary action were also major contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica at the time.  Winner of the Copley Medal (1814) for his work on the orbit of comets, appointed a Member of the Royal Society (1815), and received a knighthood in 1831.  Known for his eccentricity and reclusiveness. 
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Ivory.html
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* http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/54/2/223
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Latest revision as of 11:51, 16 June 2015

Sir James Ivory

Country

Scotland

Birth - Death

1765 - 1842

Occupation

Academic

Notable Achievements

FRS

Description

Mathematician, with a specialty in geometry. Founded Ivory's Theorem, in which the family of confocal conics has the property that in each quadrangle formed by two pairs of conics the diagonals are of equal length. Held the mathematical chair in the Royal Military College, Great Marlow. His articles on Attraction and Capillary action were also major contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica at the time. Winner of the Copley Medal (1814) for his work on the orbit of comets, appointed a Member of the Royal Society (1815), and received a knighthood in 1831. Known for his eccentricity and reclusiveness.

Further Reading/Research


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