Died 1904-01-22.
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George Salmon
George Salmon was a distinguished and influential Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian. After working in algebraic geometry for two decades, Salmon devoted the last forty years of his life to theology. His entire career was spent at Trinity College Dublin, having served as the 32nd Provost of the university from 1888 to 1904.
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Born 25 September 1819 · Died 22 January 1904 · Q983374
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1904· 3 entries
“In early times of Christianity, even those who used animal food themselves came to think of the vegetarian as one who lived a higher life, and approached more nearly to Christian perfection.”
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I was informed that he [Salmon] had died that day, and the examination had to be put off until after the funeral
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1903· 1 entry
Ward replied, indicating that the agreement of the provost was essential before Letters Patent would be issued
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1902· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the British Academy (1902).
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John Mahaffy proposed that the time had come to take action on the issue of awarding degrees to women
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1896· 1 entry
All eight members of the board were over 70 years of age, but by 1901 retirements and deaths had resulted in the majority of the board being pro-admission
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1892· 1 entry
Presided over the great celebrations marking the tercentenary of the College, which had been founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592
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1889· 3 entries
Won Copley Medal (1889).
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And received honorary degrees from several universities, including that of Doctor mathematicae (honoris causa) from the Royal Frederick University on 6 September 1902, when they celebrated the centennial of the birth of
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Salmon received the Copley Medal of the society, the highest honorary award in British science, but by then he had long since lost his interest in mathematics and science
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1888· 1 entry
Career landmark: Provost of Trinity College (1888–1904).
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1881· 1 entry
Jellett became provost, and a committee was set up in 1882 to investigate the matter, including future provosts Salmon and Traill, respectively opposing and supporting admission
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1880· 1 entry
While Humphrey Lloyd was provost, Samuel Haughton, Anthony Traill, John Jellett and others proposed that degrees be open to women, on the same terms as men
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1871· 2 entries
Career landmark: chancellor (1871–1904).
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Accepted an additional post of chancellor of St
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1870· 1 entry
Trinity had introduced the Examinations for Women, following a request from Alexandra College
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1868· 2 entries
Won Royal Medal (1868).
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By the award of their Royal Medal "For his researches in analytical geometry and the theory of surfaces"
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1866· 3 entries
Career landmark: Regius Professor of Divinity, Trinity College, Dublin (1866–1888).
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1876 and 1885, and was translated into German and French
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Was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College, at which point he resigned from his position in the mathematics department at TCD
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1859· 1 entry
Published the book Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra (where the word "higher" means n-dimensional)
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1858· 2 entries
Won Cunningham Medal (1858).
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Was presented with the Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy
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1853· 1 entry
As a contributor to a book of rebuttals to the Tracts for the Times
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1848· 1 entry
Salmon had published an undergraduate textbook entitled A Treatise on Conic Sections
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1845· 1 entry
Was additionally appointed to a position in theology at the university, after having been ordained a deacon in 1844 and a priest in the Church of Ireland in 1845
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1844· 1 entry
Married Frances Anne Salvador, daughter of Rev J L Salvador of Staunton-upon-Wye in Herefordshire, with whom he had six children, of whom only two survived him
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1843· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy (1843).
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1841· 1 entry
At the age of 21, he attained a paid fellowship and teaching position in mathematics at Trinity
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1838· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College, Dublin (1834–1838).
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1837· 1 entry
Won a scholarship and graduated from Trinity in 1839 with first-class honours in mathematics
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1819· 3 entries
Born 1819-09-25.
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— 1904", Proceedings of the Royal Society 75:347–55
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To Michael Salmon and Helen Weekes (the daughter of the Reverend Edward Weekes)
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