Neil McArthur


Quick Info

Born
13 June 1883
West Loch Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland
Died
28 December 1951
Glasgow, Scotland

Summary
Neil McArthur graduated from Glasgow University and apart from a period of war service spent his whole career at the University.

Biography

Neil McArthur's father was Daniel McArthur, a schoolmaster at Dunmore, then later at St Catherine's, Argyll. Neil attended Whitehill School, Glasgow, then from 1900 he studied at the University of Glasgow where he was awarded an M.A. in 1905 followed by a B.Sc. In 1906 McArthur was appointed as an Assistant in Mathematics at the University of Glasgow being promoted to Lecturer in 1908.

During World War I McArthur served with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in France, then with the Sound Ranging Section of the Royal Engineers. Following this he returned to his post in Glasgow where he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1920.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 7 March 1921 having been proposed by George Alexander Gibson, Andrew Gray, James Gordon Gray, and Robert Alexander Houstoun.

His obituary in the Edinburgh Mathematical Notes ia at THIS LINK


References (show)

  1. W Arthur, Neil McArthur obituary, Edinburgh Mathematical Notes 38 (1952) 27-28

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Other websites about Neil McArthur:

  1. zbMATH entry

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Written by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
Last Update July 2007