T. J. l’A. Bromwich, Professor of Mathematics

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T. J. l’A. Bromwich, Professor of Mathematics

Depiction

A man with a moustache and spectacles, in formal attire

Description

Thomas John l’Anson (T.J. l’A.) Bromwich was educated in Durban High School, South Africa. He graduated from St. John’s College, Cambridge as senior Wrangler in 1895. He was appointed Chair of Mathematics in Queens College Galway (Q.C.G.) in January 1902 and had published some forty research papers by 1906 (Q.C.G. Magazine, 1906). His research was recognised through his election to a Fellowship of the Royal Society in the same year. His picture is reproduced from the Q.C.G. Magazine, 1906 issue. He resigned from Q.C.G. in 1907 to take up a Lectureship in St. John’s College, Cambridge (S. Tobin, 1999. He died by suicide in 1929.

People

T. J. l’A. Bromwich

References

Q.C.G. Magazine, Nov. 1906, Vol. 5, p. 2-3.
Archives & Special Collections, University of Galway Library.
Sean Tobin, 'Mathematics' in Tadhg Foley (ed.), From Queen’s College to National University (Dublin, 1999), pp 166-8

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Bibliographic Citation

S.G. Jennings, ‘T. J. l’A. Bromwich, Professor of Mathematics’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14882, Archival Record Id VHRS

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Temporal Coverage

Period

Pre-1900
1900s

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b&w
portrait
off-campus
indoors

Language

English

Publisher

University of Galway

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/