Thomas Muir

1844 - 1934

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Thomas Muir graduated from the University of Glasgow and after working at St Andrews and Glasgow universities he taught at Glasgow High School. He then went to the Cape Colony in South Africa as Superintendent General of Education. He is best known for his 5 volume History of Determinants. He was a founder member of the EMS and became the second President in 1883.
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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Thomas Muir: History of determinants
  2. Muir on research in Scotland
  3. Obituary: EMS Proceedings
  4. Obituary: The Times

Honours awarded to Thomas Muir
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EMS Founder Member1883
EMS President1883
Fellow of the Royal Society1900
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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