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| ⚫ | '''William Herrick Macaulay''' (16 November 1853 – 28 November 1936) was a ] ], Fellow and Vice-Provost of ], and close friend of ].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFwckVLO-9UC&dq=%22herrick+macaulay%22&pg=PA181 | title=Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age | isbn=978-1-4008-3570-6 | last1=Porter | first1=Theodore M. | date=2 January 2010 | publisher=Princeton University Press }}</ref> He also corresponded with ].<ref>http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FMacaulay%2C%20William%20Herrick%20(1853-1936)%20mathematician {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> | ||
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| He was born in ] and died in ]. ] was his brother. He is known for his work in ] and proposed a mechanical ] for the ] | |||
| W. H. Macaulay was born in ], in 1853, son of the Rev. Samuel Herrick Macaulay, rector of Hodnet and grandson of the Rev. ]. His brothers included ], the father of Dame ], and ]. He never married, and died in ], near ], ], in 1936.<ref> ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black Ltd., an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007.</ref> | |||
| ==Education, career and later life== | |||
| He received a B.A. from Durham University (1874) and an M.A. from Cambridge (1877). He worked in a granite quarry company. | |||
| Unlike his elder brother (who went to ]), Macaulay was a pupil at ]. Interested in the applied sciences rather than classics, upon leaving school he matriculated at ], where he was awarded both a B.A. degree and a prize fellowship in 1874. In October that year, he began a further degree in mathematics at ], where he was made an Abbott Scholar and graduated as sixth ] at the ] in 1878.<ref name="Venn">{{acad|FML874WH|name=William Herrick Macaulay}}</ref> | |||
| Macaulay is best known for his work in ], most notably for his proposed ] in ] for the purposes of beam or shaft deflection.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He was made a Fellow of King's in 1879, which was followed by further appointments as University Lecturer in mathematics in 1883 and as College Lecturer in applied mechanics a year later. He subsequently helped to establish the Department of Engineering at Cambridge.<ref name="Venn"/> He also worked for a time in a granite quarry.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHPMpj2DedsC&q=%22herrick+macaulay%22&pg=PA123|title = Dissections: Plane and Fancy|isbn = 9780521525824|last1 = Frederickson|first1 = Greg N.|date = 3 February 2003| publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> | |||
| Macaulay was appointed ] of King's in 1887, and following a decade-long role as Tutor in the college he became its Vice-Provost in 1918, remaining in post for six years until his retirement.<ref name="Venn"/> T. E. B. Howarth, in his book on inter-war Cambridge, remarked that Macaulay was "the last fellow to follow the old practice of keeping a horse and riding regularly to hounds."<ref>T. E. B. Howarth, ''Cambridge Between Two Wars'' (London: Collins, 1978), p. 79. {{ISBN|0002111810}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| * ‘MACAULAY, William Herrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 | * ‘MACAULAY, William Herrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 | ||
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* ''The Times'', 30 November 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47545; col D. Mr. W. H. Macaulay King's College, Cambridge University. | ||
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British mathematician
William Herrick Macaulay (16 November 1853 – 28 November 1936) was a British mathematician, Fellow and Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and close friend of Karl Pearson. He also corresponded with John Maynard Keynes.
Family
W. H. Macaulay was born in Hodnet, Shropshire, in 1853, son of the Rev. Samuel Herrick Macaulay, rector of Hodnet and grandson of the Rev. Aulay Macaulay. His brothers included George Campbell Macaulay, the father of Dame Rose Macaulay, and Reginald Macaulay. He never married, and died in Clent, near Stourbridge, Worcestershire, in 1936.
Education, career and later life
Unlike his elder brother (who went to Eton), Macaulay was a pupil at Winchester College. Interested in the applied sciences rather than classics, upon leaving school he matriculated at Durham University, where he was awarded both a B.A. degree and a prize fellowship in 1874. In October that year, he began a further degree in mathematics at King's College, Cambridge, where he was made an Abbott Scholar and graduated as sixth Wrangler at the University of Cambridge in 1878.
Macaulay is best known for his work in engineering, most notably for his proposed mechanical technique in structural analysis for the purposes of beam or shaft deflection. He was made a Fellow of King's in 1879, which was followed by further appointments as University Lecturer in mathematics in 1883 and as College Lecturer in applied mechanics a year later. He subsequently helped to establish the Department of Engineering at Cambridge. He also worked for a time in a granite quarry.
Macaulay was appointed Bursar of King's in 1887, and following a decade-long role as Tutor in the college he became its Vice-Provost in 1918, remaining in post for six years until his retirement. T. E. B. Howarth, in his book on inter-war Cambridge, remarked that Macaulay was "the last fellow to follow the old practice of keeping a horse and riding regularly to hounds."
References
- Porter, Theodore M. (2 January 2010). Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3570-6.
- http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FMacaulay%2C%20William%20Herrick%20(1853-1936)%20mathematician
- "MACAULAY, William Herrick," Who Was Who, A & C Black Ltd., an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007.
- ^ "William Herrick Macaulay (FML874WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Frederickson, Greg N. (3 February 2003). Dissections: Plane and Fancy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521525824.
- T. E. B. Howarth, Cambridge Between Two Wars (London: Collins, 1978), p. 79. ISBN 0002111810
Bibliography
- "William Herrick Macaulay (FML874WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ‘MACAULAY, William Herrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 March 2013
- The Times, 30 November 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47545; col D. Mr. W. H. Macaulay King's College, Cambridge University.
See also
External links
Works by or about William Herrick Macaulay at Wikisource
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