William Esson (1838–1916)
Mathematician. BA, St. John’s College, Oxford, 1859. Fellow of Merton College, 1860; bursar, 1884–1916; Savilian professor of geometry, 1897. Did important early work in mathematical chemistry. FRS 1869.
Alum. Oxon.
Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 2d ser. 15 (1917): 1–2