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Obituary: Benjamin Williamson (1916)
1423754Obituary: Benjamin Williamson1916

NOTABLE SCHOLAR DEAD

The death has occurred in Dublin of Dr. Benjamin Williamson, D.Sc., F.R.S., D.C.L., Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin in his 89th year.

Dr. Williamson who had bee connected with the College for nearly 60 years, and had held the position of Vice-Provost for some years, was born in Cork, and received his early education in Kilkenny College. He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1854, and was Professor of Natural Philosophy in 1884 and Senior Fellow in 1897.

He was the author of many notable works, including a Treatise on the Differential Calculus, 1872; Integral Calculus, 1874; Dynamics, 1884; Mathematical Theory of Stress and Strain, 1893. he wrote the articles "Infinitesimal Calculus", MacLaurin"; "Cauculus of Variations,' etc., for the 9th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

This work was published in 1916 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 107 years or less since publication.

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