Sir James Ivory, KH

Biographical Summary

Ivory, Sir James. 17/02/1765-21/09/1842. Ref: 796. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: KH(1831).
• Place of Birth: Dundee, Angus.
• Place of Death: Hampstead, London.
• Profession: Mathematician.
• Appointments Held: Asst Teacher 1786-9, Dundee Academy;Partner and Manager 1789-1804, James Ivory & Co. Flax Spinners, Douglastown, Angus; Professor 1804-16, Mathematics, Royal Military College, Great Marlow (later Sandhurst);
• Resident in London 1816-42. Royal Pension 1831.
• Undergraduate Studies: MA(St Andrews 1783), Edinburgh University.
• Postgraduate Studies: LL.D(Hon St Andrews 1839).
• Marital Status: Unmarried.
• Father: James Ivory, watchmaker, Dundee, Angus.
• Other Family: Uncle of James Ivory, Lord Ivory FRSE 1792-1866.
• References: DNB 29, 1892, 82-3; Proc Roy Soc 4, 1843, 406-12; Anderson 2, 548-50; Poggendorff 1, 1173; Chambers 5, 334.
• Memberships: FRS (1815), MRIA(Hon), Cambridge Philosophical Society.
• Date of Election: 20/04/1835.
• Proposers: Proposed by Council as Honorary British Fellow (Billet 5/1/1835, 19/1/1835, 2/2/1835).
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1850-2.
• Notes: Author of Ivory's Theorem.
• Fellow Type: HF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 477

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