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William Davidson Niven
Sir William Davidson Niven
Scottish mathematician and electrical engineer (1842-1917).
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Instance Of
Human
Educated At
King's College
(1858 - 1861)
Trinity College
(1862 - 1866)
Aberdeen Grammar School
( - 1858)
Sex or Gender
Male
Member Of
Royal Society
Date of Birth
3/24/1842
1842
Date of Death
5/29/1917
1917
Given Name
William
Occupation
Mathematician
Electrotechnician
University Teacher
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Place of Birth
Place of Death
Employer
Influenced By
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Country of Citizenship
Field of Work
Place of Burial
Sibling
Position Held
Award Received
Peterhead
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sidcup
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
University of Glasgow
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Trinity College
(1866 - 1872)
Start Time
:
1866
End Time
:
1872
Royal Indian Engineering College
(1872 - 1873)
Start Time
:
1872
End Time
:
1873
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
(1873 - 1874)
Start Time
:
1873
End Time
:
1874
University of Cambridge
(1874 - 1882)
Start Time
:
1874
End Time
:
1882
Royal Naval College
(1882 - 1903)
Start Time
:
1882
End Time
:
1903
James Clerk Maxwell
English
United Kingdom
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Anachronism
Mathematics
Electrical Engineering
Churchyard, Old St Peter's Church, South Road, Peterhead
Coordinate Location
:
57.5043°N 1.7907°W
Charles Niven
James Niven
Chairperson
(1908 - 1910)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
London Mathematical Society
Replaces
:
William Burnside
Replaced By
:
H. F. Baker
Start Time
:
1908
End Time
:
1910
Fellow of the Royal Society
(1882)
Point in Time
:
1882
Knight of the Bath
(1897)
Point in Time
:
1897
Start Time
:
1858
End Time
:
1861
Start Time
:
1862
End Time
:
1866
End Time
:
1858
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
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