1. George Chrystal FRSE FRS was a Scottish mathematician.
12 Facts About George Chrystal
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George Chrystal is primarily known for his books on algebra and his studies of seiches which earned him a Gold Medal from the Royal Society of London that was confirmed shortly after his death.
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George Chrystal was born in Old Meldrum on 8 March 1851, the son of Margaret and William Chrystal, a wealthy farmer and grain merchant.
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George Chrystal graduated Second Wrangler in 1875, joint with William Burnside, and was elected a fellow of Corpus Christi.
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George Chrystal was appointed to the Regius Chair of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews in 1877, and then in 1879 to the Chair in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
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George Chrystal was a contributor to the drafting of the Universities Act 1889, and was one of the founders of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
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George Chrystal was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1880, his proposers including James Clerk Maxwell.
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George Chrystal is credited with instigating the move of the Society from the Mound to George Street.
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George Chrystal was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Aberdeen in 1887 and the University of Glasgow in 1911.
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George Chrystal grew ill in 1909 and this worsened early in 1911, leading the University to grant him leave of absence from April of that year.
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George Chrystal died on 3 November 1911 at 5 Belgrave Crescent in Edinburgh.
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George Chrystal died before him and is buried in the northern Victorian extension to Dean Cemetery with their son Walter MacDonald Chrystal who died in infancy.