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Revision as of 17:22, 7 October 2012
Prof Joseph Langley Burchnall | |
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Born |
8 December 1892 Whichford, Warwickshire |
Died |
29 April 1975 Southwold, Suffolk | (aged 82)
Resting place | St Edmund's Church Cemetery, Southwold, Suffolk |
Education | Boston Grammar School; Christ Church, Oxford |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Years active | 1919-1959 |
Employer | Durham University |
Spouse | Gertrude Frances Rollinson |
Children | Two sons and one daughter |
Parents | Henry Walter Burchnall, Ann Newport |
Relatives | Three brothers and two sisters |
After being a student at Boston Grammar School, Joseph Langley Burchnall was admitted to Christ Church College, Oxford in 1911. He was the son of Henry Walter Burchnall, School House, Butterwick. Joseph Langley Burchnall graduated and became secretary to the council of Durham colleges from 1926 to 1938, when he became professor of mathematics. A photograph and a framed letter on display at Boston Grammar School were presented by Professor Burchnall, as a memento of his school days. The photograph, taken in 1908, shows him in the school gateway with friends: Clifford Ingram, W D (Banty) Newton, B J (Pickles) Merritt, who died with TB in 1914 and S M Despicht, later schoolteacher at Sutterton. When the letter was written in 1956, Prof Burchnall was the sole survivor. He retired in 1958, two years after receiving an OBE. He was president of the Old Bostonian Association from 1967 to 1969. He won the Parry Gold Medal in 1908. He was decorated with the Military Cross, during World War 1.
See Also
External Links
- Joseph Langley Burchnall (on Wikipedia)
- Joseph Langley Burchnall (a biography at The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive)