Robert Franklin Muirhead

1860 - 1941

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Robert Muirhead studied at Glasgow, Cambridge and Göttingen. He taught in various schools and founded the Glasgow Tutorial College. He became President of the EMS in 1899 and 1909 and an honorary member in 1912 and published many papers in the Proceedings.
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  1. Obituary: Edinburgh Mathematical Society

Honours awarded to Robert Muirhead
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EMS President1899
EMS President1909
EMS Honorary Fellow1912


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