George Chrystal
George Chrystal UK | |
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Resting place | Foveran Churchyard, Aberdeenshire |
Nationality | Scottish, UK |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Known for | Experimental verification of Ohm's law Chrystal's equation |
Spouse | Margaret Anne Balfour (1870-1903 her death) |
Awards | Royal Medal (1911) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist and mathematician |
Institutions | University of St Andrews University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh |
Academic advisors | James Clerk Maxwell |
Notable students | Joseph Wedderburn |
George Chrystal
Life
He was born in
He was educated at
He was a contributor to the drafting of the
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1880, his proposers including James Clerk Maxwell. He was awarded the Society's Keith Medal for 1879-81 and their Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize for the period 1904–8. He served as Vice President of the Society from 1895-1901 and General Secretary from 1901–1911.[6] He is credited with instigating the move of the Society from the Mound to George Street.[7][8]
He was awarded honorary doctorates (LLD) from the University of Aberdeen in 1887 and the University of Glasgow in 1911.
In later life he is listed as living at 5 Belgrave Crescent in western Edinburgh.[9]
The mathematician Alexander G. Burgess trained under him.[10]
He grew ill in 1909 and this worsened early in 1911, leading the University to grant him leave of absence from April of that year. A work-free summer did not improve him.[11] He died on 3 November 1911[12] at 5 Belgrave Crescent in Edinburgh. He is buried in Foveran Churchyard in Aberdeenshire.
Family
He married Margaret Anne Balfour (1851-1903) in 1879. She died before him and is buried in the northern Victorian extension to Dean Cemetery with their son Walter MacDonald Chrystal who died in infancy. They had four sons and two daughters.
Publications
- Chrystal, George (May 1999) [1886]. Algebra: An Elementary Text-Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges. (Volumes I & II) (7 ed.). American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-1931-9. (Out of copyright: 1900 and subsequent editions are available in reprint or online.)
- Three articles within the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica: Pascal, Blaise; Perpetual Motion; and Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard.
References
- doi:10.1038/088047b0.
- ^ "Chrystal biography". www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Chrystal, George (CHRL871G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. .
- ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Obituary of George Chrystal:The Times, 4 November 1911
- ^ "Chrystal and the RSE".
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1
- .
- ^ Obituary of George Chrystal: The Scotsman, 4 November 1911
- ^ "Home - Archives Hub" (PDF).
External links
- Works by or about George Chrystal at Wikisource
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "George Chrystal", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- Algebra: An Elementary Text-Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges. Volume I, Volume II