Duncan Sommerville
Scottish mathematician and astronomer (1879–1934) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville FRSE FRAS (1879–1934) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He compiled a bibliography on non-Euclidean geometry and also wrote a leading textbook in that field. He also wrote Introduction to the Geometry of N Dimensions, advancing the study of polytopes. He was a co-founder and the first secretary of the New Zealand Astronomical Society.
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Duncan M. Y. Sommerville | |
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Born | 24 November 1879 |
Died | 31 January 1934 Wellington, New Zealand |
Nationality | Scottish |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | St Andrews University |
Known for | Textbooks on geometry Dehn-Sommerville relations |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | St Andrews University (1904–13) Wellington University (1913–34) |
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Sommerville was also an accomplished watercolourist, producing a series New Zealand landscapes.
The middle name 'MacLaren' is spelt using the old orthography M'Laren in some sources, for example the records of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]