Alexander Macfarlane
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British mathematician and physicist (1851–1913)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Alexander Macfarlane is referenced by 41 other articles, and connects out to Internet Archive, JSTOR and University of Texas at Austin.
It sits within the topics 1851 births, 1913 deaths and 19th-century Scottish mathematicians.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1851
- Died
- 1913
- Works
- 32
Top works
- On the disruptive discharge of electricity
- Sur la résolution de l'q́uation du troisième degré
- Space-analysis
- Utility of quaternions in physics, by A. McAulay ...
- Review of Hathaway's "A primer of quaternions"
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973-10-26
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 22
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Blairgowrie and Rattray
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
- Employer
- Lehigh University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Peter Guthrie Tait
- Image
- Macfarlane Alexander math.jpg
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- date of death
- 1913-00-00
- date of birth
- 1851-00-00
- Commons category
- Alexander Macfarlane
- influenced by
- William Rowan Hamilton
- writing language
- English language
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Categories
1851 births1913 deaths19th-century Scottish mathematicians19th-century Scottish philosophers20th-century Scottish mathematicians20th-century Scottish philosophersAcademics of the University of EdinburghAcademics of the University of St AndrewsAlumni of the University of EdinburghBritish geometersBritish relativity theoristsFellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghLehigh University facultyPeople from Blairgowrie and RattrayPeople from Chatham-KentScottish emigrants to CanadaScottish expatriates in the United StatesScottish logiciansScottish physicistsUniversity of Texas at Austin faculty