William Parkinson Wilson
professor of mathematics
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Parkinson Wilson was an astronomer and professor of mathematics who was born in England but spent most of his career in Australia. Life and career William Parkinson Wilson was born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire to John Wilson, a silversmith, and his wife Elizabeth . He attended Cathedral Grammar School in Peterborough and in 1843 won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge where he earned his BA in 1847. In 1849 he became First Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College, Belfast . During his six years there he worked tirelessly to establish a Queens College astronomical observatory. In 1850 he published A Treatise on Dynamics .
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