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James Ivory was a British mathematician and astronomer who also worked as a university teacher. Born in Dundee in 1765, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews. He worked in Dundee and was employed by the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He died in London in 1842.
Ivory was a member of the Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, and the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. He received the Copley Medal, the Royal Medal, and the Royal Society Bakerian Medal, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work is described in the Svensk uppslagsbok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He spoke English.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dundee
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- University of St Andrews
- Employer
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Royal Medal
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Work location
- Dundee
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- date of birth
- 1765-02-17
- date of death
- 1842-09-21
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- James Ivory
- different from
- James Ivory
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Marigny-Marmande
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