James Ivory ( 1765 - 1842 )

Birth: Dundee, Angus, Scotland (17 February 1765) Death: Hampstead, London (21 September 1842) Research Field: Mathematics Education: Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews Career: Taught in a school in Dundee (1786); jointly started a flax spinning mill at Douglastown, near Forfar; studied mathematics in spare time; Professor of Mathematics, Royal Military College, at Marlow and later at Sandhurst (1804); retired on full pension (1819) Honours: Kt 1831 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/04/1815 Medals/Prizes: Copley Medal 1814; Royal Medal 1826; Royal Medal 1839 Lectures: Bakerian 1838.