George Peacock
1791 - 1858

- Born
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09 April 1791
Thornton Hall, Denton, County Durham, England
- Died
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08 November 1858
Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 29/01/1818
- Fields of Interest
- Mathematics
- Relationships
- Son of Thomas Peacock perpetual curate of Denton; married (1847) Frances Elizabeth, daughter of William Selwyn; her brother was William Selwyn (FRS 1866); no children
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Referee of
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Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'The variation of a triple integral' by Richard Abbott
Creator: George Peacock Reference number: RR/1/1 -
Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'A comparison of the first and second edition of the Commercium Epistolicum D Johannis Collins at aliorum de anaysi promta' by Augustus De Morgan
Creator: George Peacock Reference number: RR/1/57 -
Referee's report by William Whewell, George Peacock and Henry Coddington, on a paper 'Researches in physical astronomy' by John William Lubbock
Creator: William Whewell, George Peacock, John William Lubbock Reference number: RR/1/153 -
Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'First memoir on the theory of analytical operations' by Robert Murphy
Creator: George Peacock Reference number: RR/1/167 -
Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Analysis of the roots of equations' by Robert Murphy
Creator: George Peacock Reference number: RR/1/168
Recipient of
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Letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock, dated at Hanover Terrace
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/290 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/303 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/306 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock, dated at London
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/306a -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock, dated at 9 Downing St.
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/19/32 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/251
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Margaret Herschel
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Charles Babbage
1 letter