James_Gordon_Gray
James Gray (mathematician)
Scottish mathematician and physicist
James Gordon Gray FRSE (1876 – 6 November 1934) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist.
James Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1876 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 6 November 1934 Dowanhill, Glasgow |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow (BSc Eng, DSc 1908) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Physics |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow |
Grey was born in Glasgow in 1876, the third of eight children of Annie Gordon and Andrew Gray. He was educated at Friars Grammar School, in Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales, where his father was employed by the university.[1] He attended the University College of North Wales until 1899, when his father and family moved back to Glasgow.[2]
He studied engineering at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a BScEng. From 1904, he was employed at a physics lecturer at the University, and received a doctorate (DSc) in 1908. During World War I he assisted with naval and aerial defence.[2]
From 1920 to 1934 he was professor of applied physics at the University of Glasgow.
In 1909 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were his father, Andrew Gray, William Jack, Cargill Gilston Knott and George Chrystal.
- Dynamics (1911) co-written with his father
- Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002: Biographical Index (PDF). Vol. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- BIOGRAPHICAL Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.