Thomas Muir

British mathematician and educationalist (1844-1934) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 89

Sir Thomas Muir was a Scottish mathematician, remembered as an authority on determinants.

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1934Died21 March 19341916Gunning Victoria Jubilee PrizeAward1915Knight BachelorAward1901Companion of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1900Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1897Honorary Doctorate of the University of Cape TownAward1895Keith MedalAward1871Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1844Born25 August 1844

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