William Davidson Niven
1842 - 1917
- Born
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24 March 1842
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Died
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29/03/1917
Sidcup, Kent, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 08/06/1882
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 40
- Occupation
- Mathematician and electrical engineer
- Relationships
- Parents: Charles Niven, shopkeeper. Siblings: Charles Niven (FRS 1880)
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by W D [William Davidson] Niven
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: AP/58/12 -
Referee's report by Morgan William Crofton, on a paper 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by William Davidson Niven
Creator: Morgan William Crofton Reference number: RR/8/52 -
Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by William Davidson Niven
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/8/53 -
Referee's report by Isaac Todhunter, on a paper 'On the conduction of heat in ellipsoids of revolution' by William Davidson Niven
Creator: Isaac Todhunter Reference number: RR/8/174 -
Referee's report by Norman Macleod Ferrers, on a paper 'On the conduction of heat in ellipsoids of revolution' by William Davidson Niven
Creator: Norman Macleod Ferrers Reference number: RR/8/175
Referee of
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Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On electrical motions in a spherical conductor' by Horace Lamb
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: RR/9/155 -
Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On the determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit of electricity' by Joseph John Thomson
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: RR/9/190 -
Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On the determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit of electricity' by Joseph John Thomson
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: RR/9/191 -
Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On the motion of fluid, part of which is moving rotationally and part irrotationally' by Micaiah John Muller Hill
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: RR/9/220 -
Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'The potential of an anchor ring' by Frank Watson Dyson
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: RR/11/141 -
Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'The potential of an anchor ring' by Frank Watson Dyson
Creator: William Davidson Niven Reference number: RR/11/142