William Leonard Ferrar
1893 - 1990
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Bill Ferrar graduated from Oxford after an undergraduate career interrupted by World War I. He lectured at Bangor and Edinburgh before moving back to Oxford. He worked in college administration and eventually became Principal of Hertford College. He worked on the convergence of series.
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| Honours awarded to Bill Ferrar (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1925 |
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