10 Facts About Edward Collingwood

Edward Collingwood was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col.

Edward Collingwood's great grandfather was a brother of Admiral Lord Collingwood.

Edward Collingwood was born at his family home, Lilburn Tower, near Wooler in Northumberland, the son of Col.

Edward Collingwood was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight and at Dartmouth Royal Naval College and was commissioned into the Royal Navy.

Edward Collingwood was awarded the Rayleigh Prize in 1923 and following the award of the Rouse Ball travelling scholarship in 1925 he spent a year at the University of Paris.

Edward Collingwood returned to Cambridge and was in 1929 awarded a doctorate for a thesis entitled Contributions to the theory of integral functions.

Edward Collingwood left Cambridge in 1937 when he was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland for that year.

Edward Collingwood was later appointed Deputy Lieutenant of his home county.

Edward Collingwood returned to mathematics after the war and continued his interest in meromorphic functions and in 1949 published his research on the theory of cluster sets.

Edward Collingwood was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1954 and of the Royal Society of London in 1965.