Thomas Harlin (1832–1913)

Irish mathematician and headmaster. BA, Cambridge, 1856. Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1858. Author of books on Euclid and algebra. Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Emigrated to Australia in 1866. Mathematics master, Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland. First headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, 1869–75.

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Alum. Cantab.

Australia, newspaper vital notices, 1831–2001 (Ancestry.com, accessed 16 August 2019)

R. D. Goodman, ‘Thomas Harlin, headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School’, Australian Journal of Education 12 (1968): 294–302