George Duthie

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George Duthie

FRSE (4 March 1865 – 14 June 1921) was a Scottish mathematician, educator and colonial administrator. He served as Inspector General of Education for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe
) in the early 20th century.

Life

Duthie was born in Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland to George Forsyth Duthie and Mary Campbell.[1][2] In 1899, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Chrystal, John Sturgeon Mackay, Peter Guthrie Tait and Andrew Beatson Bell.[3] In 1900 he is listed as a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and served as their president in 1901.[4]

In Rhodesia, his role as Director of Education also held the responsibility of Government Statistician, Registrar General and Keeper of the National Census.[5]

He died in 1921 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.[6]

Memorials

Duthie House at Chaplin High School in Zimbabwe is named after him.

Publications

Duthie wrote the section on Rhodesia in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.[7]

References

  1. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. ^ South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005
  3. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. doi:10.1017/S001309150003248X
    .
  5. ^ The Rulers of British Africa 1870-1914, Lewis H Gann and Peter Guignan
  6. ^ Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936
  7. ^ "George Duthie - Wikisource, the free online library".


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