Robert Tucker (1832–1905) was an English mathematician, who was secretary of the London Mathematical Society for more than 30 years.
Robert Tucker | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 January 1905 | (aged 72)
Alma mater | St. John's College, Cambridge |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University College London |
Son of a soldier who fought in the Peninsular War, Tucker studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was 35th wrangler in 1855.[1] He mastered mathematics at University College London from 1865 to 1899.
He is known by the now known as Tucker circles, a family of circles invariant on parallel displacing.[2]
He is also known by his edition of the Mathematical Papers of William Kingdon Clifford in 1882.
Tucker acted as secretary of the London Mathematical Society from 1867 to 1902.[3]
He was also a collector of mathematician's photographs. His collection, named Tucker collection is preserved by the London Mathematical Society at De Morgan house.[4]