Thomas Archer Hirst

Thomas Archer Hirst ( born April 22, 1830 in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, † February 16, 1892 in London ) was an English mathematician.

In 1865 he became professor of physics at University College London ( UCL) and in 1867 successor of Augustus de Morgan in the chair of mathematics at UCL. In 1873 he was Director of Studies at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Hirst studied mathematics at various European universities, leaving about a series of insightful diaries (published by Gardner, Wilson in American Mathematical Monthly, 1993).

Hirst was a member of the Royal Society, the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the London Mathematical Society.

In 1883 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society.

Writings

• Over conjugate diameter in dreiaxigen ellipsoid. Inaugural Dissertation, will be filed by Thomas Archer Hirst from England with the permission of the philosophical faculty of Marburg for obtaining the Doctor dignity. Marburg, printing and paper by Joh Aug. cooking. 1852nd [ 20 pages; Supervisor: Friedrich Ludwig Stegmann ].