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Office in Edinburgh, doing statistical analysis. In 1896 he became a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and taught mathematics for 11 years. He then spent a year as Assistant Registrar at the
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he was Director of Returns and Assistant Director of Statistics for the Ministry of Food.
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where he remained for 30 years. He was given an honorary doctorate (DSc) by the
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graduating with a BSc in 1894. He then spent some time in the
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He retired in 1939 and returned to Scotland. He died in
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George Heriot's School
University of Edinburgh
Challenger Expedition
University of the Cape of Good Hope
South Africa
Beaufoy Institute
London
University of London
World War I
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
David Fowler Lowe
John Brown Clark
Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker
Cargill Gilston Knott
Perth
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Algebra


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