About Stephen Parkinson
Lived 1823 – 1889 (aged 65). Stephen Parkinson was a mathematician.
Stephen Parkinson, (1 August 1823 – 2 January 1889) was a British mathematician.
Early life and education Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, Parkinson went up to St John's College, Cambridge, as a sizar in 1841 and graduated as Senior Wrangler in 1845, beating William Thomson (later to become Lord Kelvin). He was elected to a Fellowship at St John's in the same year. He was ordained in 1851, made BD in 1855 and DD in 1869.
Life He was College lecturer in mathematics, tutor and President (1865–89). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870.
Parkinson was the author of two mathematical textbooks, Elementary Treatise on Mechanics (1855) and A Treatise on Optics (1859).
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British mathematician (1823–1889)
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