Morgan William Crofton
1826 - 1915
- Born
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27 June 1826
- Died
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13/05/1915
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 04/06/1868
- Fields of Interest
- Mathematics
- Relationships
- Son of Rev William Crofton, Rector of Skreene, county Sligo, and his wife Melisina, daughter of Rev Henry Woodward. Married: 1) (31 August 1857) Julia Agnes Cecilia, daughter of J B Kernan (died 1902); 2) Katherine, daughter of Holland Taylor of Manchester
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Author of
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Referee's report by Archibald Smith, on a paper 'On the theory of local probability, applied to straight lines drawn at random in a plane; the methods used being also extended to the proof of certain new theorems in the integral calculus' by Morgan William Crofton
Creator: Archibald Smith Reference number: RR/6/88 -
Referee's report by Isaac Todhunter, on a paper 'On the theory of local probability, applied to straight lines drawn at random in a plane; the methods used being also extended to the proof of certain new theorems in the integral calculus' by Morgan William Crofton
Creator: Isaac Todhunter Reference number: RR/6/89 -
Referee's report by Isaac Todhunter, on a paper 'On the proof of the law of errors of observations' by Morgan William Crofton
Creator: Isaac Todhunter Reference number: RR/7/18 -
Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the proof of the law of errors of observations' by Morgan William Crofton
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/7/19 -
Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the proof of the law of errors of observations' by Morgan William Crofton to the author
Creator: George Gabriel Stokes Reference number: RR/7/20
Referee of
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Referee's report by Morgan William Crofton, on a paper ' On clairautian functions and equations' by Allan Cunningham
Creator: Morgan William Crofton Reference number: RR/8/10 -
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