William Leslie Thomson

1868 - 1951


William Leslie Thomson studied at Edinburgh and Cambridge. He taught at Kirkwall, at Kilmarnock and at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He became President of the EMS in 1904.
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  1. Obituary: Edinburgh Mathematical Notes

Honours awarded to William Leslie Thomson
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EMS President1904


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