Potts, Robert, 1805-1885 (classicist and mathematician)
Dates
- Existence: 1805 - 1885
Biography
Robert Potts (1805-85) classicist and mathematician, was born in Lambeth, London. He was educated privately in Kent, entered Trinity College, Cambridge, on 27 June 1827 as a sizar, and graduated BA as twenty-sixth wrangler in 1832, proceeding MA in 1835. He acquired a wide reputation as the editor of Euclid's Elements, which he brought out in a large edition in 1845, followed in 1847 by an appendix. He also published Elementary Arithmetic (1876) and Elementary Algebra (1879), both with brief historical notes. He died at his home, Park Terrace, Parker's Piece, Cambridge, on 4 August 1885.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Potts: Copy letter to E.H. Bunbury, 1859
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Robert Potts: Correspondence to Edward Atkinson, 1865-1877
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
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