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- Glasgow, Scotland
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- Dougall, J. (John), 1867-1960
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1867
Death Date
- 1960-02-26
Birth Place
- Kippen, Scotland
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
Mathematician
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Sources
- found: LCCN 35-15284: Born, M. Atomic physics, 1935(hdg.: Dougall, John, 1867- ; usage: John Dougall)
- found: The physics of solids and fluids, 1930:t.p. (J. Dougall)
- found: Atomic physics, 1969:t.p. (John Dougall)
- found: MacTutor History of Mathematics, viewed Apr. 19, 2011biographies> provides link to obituary in the Royal Society of Edinburgh, yearbook 1962 (John Dougall; died at his home in Glasgow on February 25, 1960, had been a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 1921. He was born in June 1867 in the village of Kippen, Stirlingshire; grad. Master of Arts from University of Glasgow in 1886 later conferred a Dr. of science degree; Dr Dougall made substantial contributions to both pure and applied mathematics. Discoveries due to him in the theory of Bessel and Mathieu Functions and in potential theory have found their way into the standard treatises on the special functions of mathematical physics. What is known nowadays as "Dougall's theorem") - http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Dougall.html
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Change Notes
- 1987-09-08: new
- 2011-04-19: revised
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