Robert Forsyth Scott
Sir Robert Forsyth Scott (28 July 1849 – 18 November 1933) was a mathematician, barrister and Master of St John's College, Cambridge
Life
Scott was born in Leith, near Edinburgh, the eldest son of Reverend George Scott, a Minister in the church at Dairsie and Mary Forsyth, daughter of the Edinburgh advocate Robert Forsyth.[1]
Scott was educated at the High School, Edinburgh, then in
After publishing The Theory of Determinants and Their Applications in 1880, Scott turned his attention to the law, become a barrister in 1883, and to institutional history, including histories of St. John's College, Cambridge, published between 1882 and 1907.[1][3] In 1908 he was appointed as the Master of St John's College, a position he held until his death in
He was the elder brother of Sir James George Scott.
Publications
- History of St John's College, Cambridge
- The theory of determinants and their applications (2nd ed., revised by George Ballard Mathews), Cambridge University Press, 1904.
References
- ^ a b Biography of Robert Forsyth Scott
- ^ "Scott, Robert Forsyth (SCT871RF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c Digitization of History: Centre for History and Economics
External links
- Works by Robert Forsyth Scott at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Robert Forsyth Scott at Internet Archive
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Robert Forsyth Scott", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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