See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• GEORGE PEACOCK (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

PEACOCK (1791–1858)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• THORNTON, HENRY (1760—1815)
• THORNTON, ROBERT (1623-1678)
• THORNTON, WILLIAM THOMAS (1813-188o)

Thornton See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, See also:

• DENTON

Denton, near See also:

• DARLINGTON

Darlington, on the 9th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1791 . He was educated at See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, and entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in 1809 . He was second wrangler in 1812 (See also:

• SIR

Sir J . F . W . See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel being See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior), was elected See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of his college in 1814, became assistant See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in 1815 and full tutor in 1823 . While still an undergraduate he formed a See also:

• LEAGUE

league with See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Herschel and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BABBAGE, CHARLES (1792—1871)

Babbage, to conduct the famous struggle of " d-ism versus dot-See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age," which ended in the introduction into Cambridge of the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental notation in the infinitesimal calculus to the exclusion of the fluxional notation of Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton . This was an important reform, not so much on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of notation (for mathematicians follow J . L . See also:

• LAGRANGE, JOSEPH LOUIS (1736-1813)

Lagrange in using both these notations), but because it signified the opening to the mathematicians of Cambridge of the vast storehouse of continental discoveries . The See also:

• ANALYTICAL

analytical society thus formed in 1813 published various See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs, and translated S . F .

See also:

• LACROIX, ANTOINE FRANCOIS ALFRED (1863— )
• LACROIX, PAUL (1806—1884)

Lacroix's See also:

• DIFFERENTIAL

Differential Calculus in 1816 . See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• PEACOCK, GEORGE (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

Peacock powerfully aided the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement by See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing in 182o A Collection of Examples of the Application of the Differential and Integral Calculus . In x841 he published a pamphlet on the university statutes, in which he indicated the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for reform; and in r85oand 1855 he was a member of the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of inquiry relative to the university of Cambridge . In 1837 he was appointed Lowndean See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy . In 1839 he took the degree of D.D., and the same See also:

• YEAR

year was appointed by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne to the deanery of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . Peacock threw himself with characteristic ardour into the duties of this new position . He improved the sanitation of Ely, published in 184o Observations on Plans for See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral Reform, and carried out extensive See also:

• WORKS

works of restoration in his own cathedral . He was twice See also:

• PROLOCUTOR

prolocutor of the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• CONVOCATION
• CONVOCATION (Lat. convocatio, a calling together)

convocation for the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury . He was also a See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime mover in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Cambridge Astronomical See also:

• OBSERVATORY

Observatory, and in the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . He was a fellow of the Royal, Royal Astronomical, See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological and other scientific See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . In 1838, and again in 1843, he was one of the commissioners for See also:

• STANDARDS

standards of weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures; and he also furnished valuable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information to the commissioners on decimal coinage . He died on the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1858 .

Peacock's See also:

• ORIGINAL

original contributions to mathematical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science were concerned chiefly with the See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy of its first principles . He did See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service in systematizing the operational See also:

• LAWS

laws of See also:

• ALGEBRA (from the Arab. al-jebr wa'l-mugabala, transposition and removal [of terms of an equation], the name of a treatise by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi)

algebra, and in throwing See also:

• LIGHT

light upon the nature and use of imaginaries . He published, first in 183o, and then in an enlarged See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in 1842, a See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on Algebra, in which he applied his philosophical ideas concerning algebraical See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis to the elucidation of its elements . A second See also:

• GREAT

great service was the publication in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association Reports for 1833 of his " See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report on the See also:

• RECENT

Recent Progress and See also:

• PRESENT

Present See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of certain branches of Analysis." See also:

• MODERN

Modern mathematicians may find on See also:

• READING

reading this brilliant See also:

• SUMMARY

summary a good many dicta which they will See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call in question, but, whatever its defects may be, Peacock's report remains a See also:

• WORK

work of permanent value . In 1855 he published a memoir of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young, and about the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time there appeared Young's collected works in three volumes, for the first two of which Peacock was responsible .