Frank Morley

British mathematician (1860–1937)
Person Human Q1384903

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
September 9, 1860
Date of death
October 17, 1937
Place of birth
Woodbridge
Place of death
Baltimore
Field of work
geometry[11]
Position held
chairperson[12]
Religion or worldview
Quakers[19]
Doctoral student
Harry Bateman, Leonard Blumenthal, Arthur Byron Coble, Teresa Cohen, Harry Clinton Gossard, Charles Clayton Grove, Florence Lewis, Francis Dominic Murnaghan, Boyd Crumrine Patterson, Clara Latimer Bacon, Aubrey E. Landry, Clarence Albert Shook, Flora Dobler Sutton, H. B. Phillips, Mabel Minerva Young, Edward C. Phillips, James Ryals Conner, Frank Herbert Loud, Israel Euclid Rabinovitch Marshall, Henry Augustus Converse, Charles Edward Brooks, Walter Buckingham Carver, John Gale Hun, Roswell Powell Stephens, John Frederick Messick, Clyde S. Atchison, David Deitch Leib, Herman Ivan Thomsen, Joseph Ellis Hodgson, Joseph Eugene Rowe, Thomas Bryce Ashcraft, Joshua Irving Tracey, Roy Martin Winger, Luther Ewing Wear, Josiah Wesley Gain, Charles Henry Rawlins, Jr., Allan Wilson Hobbs, Gabriel Hippolytus Collington, Francis Joseph Gerst, Anna Marie Whelan, Joe Burton Linker, Lucius Terrell Moore, Martha Helen Barton, Paul Smith Wagner, Arthur Simeon Winsor, Joseph William Peters, Allie Wilson Richeson, Mildred Caroline Waters Dean, William Kelso Morrill, Clyde Allen Spicer, Henry Allen Robinson, Charles Clinton Bramble[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Morley
Given name
Frank
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WikiProject Mathematics
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🔖 Identifiers · 33
VIAF cluster ID
3252751
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87143728
GND ID
117601764
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Frank Morley.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1301178
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/66811
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
MorleyFrank1860-1937
Cambridge Alumni Database ID
MRLY879F
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117601764
FAST ID
210450
FamilySearch person ID
KC5R-46Q
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Find a Grave memorial ID
8233176
Freebase ID
/m/02sz8q
Geni profile ID
6000000026439847249
IdRef ID
15227992X
J9U entity ID
987007274016205171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117601764
MR Author ID
654035
MacTutor biography ID
Morley
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
8158
NLA Trove people ID
1274888
NUKAT ID
n2002018799
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000487147
National Virtual Library of India ID
1035009
Open Library ID
OL2315291A, OL1317242A
Prabook ID
2443774
SBN author ID
TO0V247049
SNAC ARK ID
w6766116
The Peerage person ID
p56744.htm#i567434
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtMvqXPhw3PQmxg6X4pfq
ZbMATH author ID
morley.frank

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Summary

Frank Morley was born in Woodbridge[1]. He died in Baltimore[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Frank Morley include Morley's trisector theorem[35], a theorem[36].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Morley's trisector theorem[35], a theorem[36].

His notable doctoral advisees include Harry Bateman[37], a mathematician[38], 1882–1946[39], of United Kingdom[40], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[41], specialised in mathematics[42]; Francis Dominic Murnaghan[43], a mathematician[44], 1893–1976[45], of United States[46], awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society[47], specialised in group theory[48]; Arthur Byron Coble[49], a mathematician[50], 1878–1966[51], of United States[52], specialised in group theory[53]; Clara Latimer Bacon[54], a mathematician[55], 1866–1948[56], of United States[57]; Leonard Blumenthal[58], a mathematician[59], 1901–1984[60], of United States[61], specialised in geometry[62]; and Florence Lewis[63], a mathematician[64], 1877–1964[65].

FAQs

Where was Frank Morley born?

Frank Morley was born in Woodbridge[1].

Where did Frank Morley die?

Frank Morley passed away in Baltimore[2].

What did Frank Morley do for work?

Frank Morley worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Frank Morley go to school?

Frank Morley was educated at King's College[16], Woodbridge School[17], and University of Cambridge[18].

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  1. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
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