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Scottish mathematician and academic (1851–1929) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Loudon Mollison (19 September 1851 – 10 March 1929)[1] was a Scottish mathematician and academic.[2] From 1915 to 1929, he was Master of Clare College, Cambridge.[3]
William Mollison | |
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38th Master of Clare College, Cambridge | |
In office March 1915 – March 1929 | |
Preceded by | Edward Atkinson |
Succeeded by | Godfrey Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Aberdeen, Scotland | 19 September 1851
Died | 10 March 1929 77) London, England | (aged
Resting place | Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge |
Spouse | Ellen Mayhew |
Children | Three |
Education | Aberdeen Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen Clare College, Cambridge |
Mollison was born on 19 September 1851 in Aberdeen, Scotland.[4][5] He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, then an all-boys grammar school.[6] He studied mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1872 with a first class degree.[7] That year, he was awarded the Ferguson Scholarship by Aberdeen and matriculated into Clare College, Cambridge to continue his mathematical studies.[4][6] He became a Foundation Scholar in 1873.[4] His private tutor while at Cambridge was Edward Routh.[8] He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1876 as the Second Wrangler.[4][8][9]
On 29 April 1876, Mollison was elected a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.[10] He was an examiner for the University of St Andrews between 1876 and 1880.[5] He was a mathematics lecturer at Jesus College, Cambridge from 1877 to 1882, and at Clare College from 1882.[6] In addition to his college teaching, he was a private tutor or "coach" in mathematics.[4]
Due to ill health, he moved from teaching a large number of students, privately and through his college, into administration.[4] He was appointed junior tutor of Clare College in 1880,[6] and was made its senior tutor in May 1894.[11] He was elected a member of the Council of the Senate of the University Of Cambridge in 1892,[4] and appointed Secretary of the General Board of Studies of the University in 1904: he stepped down from both these posts in 1920.[6] He served as locum tenens for the then Master (Edward Atkinson) from 1913 to 1915.[6] Mollison was unanimously elected as Atkinson successor as the 38th Master of Clare College, Cambridge in March 1915.[12]
Mollison was married to Ellen Mayhew.[6] They had one son and two daughters,[13][1] one of whom pre-deceased him.[1][6] His wife died in 1917, and he provided the endowment for the Mayhew Prize, a mathematics prize awarded by the University of Cambridge, in her honour.[6] His son, William Mayhew Mollison, was a distinguished ear, nose and throat surgeon,[14] and his son Patrick Mollison, a noted haematologist.[15]
Mollison died on 10 March 1929 in London, England; he was aged 77.[7][6] His funeral was held at the chapel of Clare College, Cambridge,[4] and he was buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground alongside his wife.[4]
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