John Brown Clark
John Brown Clark or Clarke CBE LLD
FRSE (30 April 1861 – 19 July 1947) was a Scottish mathematician. He was headmaster of George Heriot's School from 1908 to 1926. He served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1931–34.[1]
Life
He was born in
FRSE.[3]
In 1891 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[4] his proposers including Sir John Murray, George Chrystal, Peter Guthrie Tait and David Fowler Lowe. He served as a Councillor from 1928 to 1931 and as its Vice-President from 1931 to 1934. He was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.[1][5]
He died on 19 July 1947.
Family
He married Mary Mackay in 1891.
Other roles
He joined the Edinburgh Mathematical Society in December 1885. He served as its Secretary 1891–96, Vice-President 1896–97 and President 1897–98.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh : 1783-2002" (PDF). Royalsoced.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Clark John; biography". Groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk.
- ^ "Fellows of the RSE". Groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 3 June 1935. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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