Morgan Crofton
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Morgan Crofton (1826,
Crofton's formula
is named in his honour.
Early life
Morgan Crofton was born into a wealthy
Cardinal John Henry Newman
.
This led to his resignation at Queen's College, Galway
and transference to various Catholic colleges.
He married twice: firstly on 31 August 1857 Julia Agnes Cecilia, daughter of J B Kernan (died 1902) and secondly Katherine, daughter of Holland Taylor of Manchester.
Career
He was Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Professor of Natural Philosophy at Queen's University of Ireland. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June, 1868.[2]
References
- ^ "Crofton biography". www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27crofton%27%29 [permanent dead link]
External links
- MacTutor biography of Crofton
"Probability". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (9th ed.). 1885.
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