Robert Romer (1840–1918)

Mathematician and judge. Professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork, 1865–6. Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1867. Called to the bar, 1867. Judge of the Chancery Division, High Court of Justice, 1890–9. Lord justice of appeal, 1899–1906. Knighted, 1890. Privy councillor, 1899. FRS 1899.