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George Salmon

Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian (1819–1904)
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George Salmon
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23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[33]
Date of birth
September 25, 1819
Date of death
January 22, 1904
Place of birth
Dublin
Place of death
Dublin
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11]
Occupation
mathematician, chess player, philosopher, university teacher, theologian, Anglican theologian[12]
Employer
Trinity College, Dublin[21]
Field of work
Anglicanism, theology, mathematics, algebra, geometry[13][14][15][16][17]
Position held
Regius Professor of Divinity, Trinity College, Dublin, Provost of Trinity College, chancellor[18][19][20]
Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin[22]
Religion or worldview
Church of Ireland[32]
Award received
Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy, Cunningham Medal, Fellow of the British Academy[23][24][25][26][27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[43]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, second supplement, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia[37][38][39][40][41][42]
Family name
Salmon[35]
Given name
George[36]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Society, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei[28][29][30][31]
Place of burial
Mount Jerome Cemetery[10]
Sport
chess[34]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en George Salmon ar جورج سالمون es George Salmon Weekes ja ジョージ・サルモン ja ジョージ・サーモン ko 조지 살몬 ru Джордж Сальмон ru Сальмон, Джордж zh 乔治·萨蒙
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ID
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Alvin ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
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CONOR.SR ID
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CTHS person ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Chessgames.com player ID
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CiNii Research ID
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CoBiS author ID
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Curran Index contributor ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Dictionary of Irish Biography ID
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FAST ID
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FactGrid item ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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MR Author ID
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MacTutor biography ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLB authority ID (Belarus)
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Greece ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Open Library ID
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OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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ProofWiki ID
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Ricorso author ID
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SBN author ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Treccani ID
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Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
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UK National Archives ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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Vatican Library VcBA ID
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WikiTree person ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZbMATH author ID
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Described by source 5
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, BEIC Digital Library
Field of work 5
mathematics, geometry, algebra, theology, Anglicanism
Occupation 5
mathematician, philosopher, theologian, university teacher, chess player
Award received 4
Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Fellow of the British Academy, Cunningham Medal
Member of 4
Royal Society, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Educated at 1
Trinity College, Dublin
Employer 1
Trinity College, Dublin
FactGrid item ID 1
Rolls-Royce 25/30
Given name 1
George
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Dublin
Place of burial 1
Mount Jerome Cemetery
Place of death 1
Dublin
Religion or worldview 1
Church of Ireland
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
chess
Writing language 1
English
← Winner 1
Copley Medal
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Summary

George Salmon was born on September 25, 1819[1], in Dublin[2]. He died on January 22, 1904[3], in Dublin[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], chess player[6], philosopher[7], university teacher[8], and theologian[9].

FAQs

Where was George Salmon born?

George Salmon was born in Dublin[2].

Where did George Salmon die?

George Salmon died in Dublin[4].

What did George Salmon do for work?

George Salmon worked as a mathematician[5], chess player[6], philosopher[7], university teacher[8], and theologian[9].

Where did George Salmon go to school?

George Salmon was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[22].

What awards did George Salmon receive?

Honors received include Copley Medal[23], Royal Medal[24], Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy[25], and Cunningham Medal[26].

Related Entities

mathematics theology United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  21. [10] ↑ . maths.ucd.ie. maths.ucd.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . docs.google.com. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [43] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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