William Fishburn Donkin ( 1814 - 1869 )

Birth: Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, England (15 February 1814) Death: 15 November 1869 Education: MA (Oxford) Career: Elected Fellow of University College, Oxford (3 December 1836); appointed Praelector (tutor) of Philosophy and Logic at University College, Oxford (20 March 1837 - 1856); Public Examiner in Mathematics (by 1841); elected to the Professorship (1942), formally resigned Fellowship of University College on 6 May 1843; elected Fellow of University College honoris causa (26 March 1858).