William Spottiswoode
William Spottiswoode ( born January 11, 1825 London, † June 27, 1883 ) was an English mathematician and physicist.
Spottiswoode 1870 was President of the London Mathematical Society in 1878 and president of the Royal Society.
Works
- Elementary theorems Relating to determinants. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1851.
- Polarization of light. London: Macmillan, 1874.