George Harvey (FRS)

George Harvey FRS FRSE FLS FGS FRAS (died 29 October 1834) was an English mathematician, known for his scientific and engineering writings, on meteorology, ship building, and colour blindness.The notice remarks that he was among the ablest mathematicians of our age and country, and of a noble disposition, intensely awake to the sufferings of his fellow human beings.He was an intimate friend of the Devon poet Nicholas Toms Carrington and of the Cornish engineer and author Davies Gilbert.[14] He wrote for the Edinburgh Encyclopædia on Plymouth and naval topics;[15] the article "Ship-building"[16] earned Harvey a diamond ring from the Tsar of Russia, presented by Prince Lieven.[22] The table was from Syme's 1814 edition of the Nomenclature of Colours by Abraham Gottlob Werner;[23] its use moved studies of the condition on from the case history to the standardised test.
Snow flakes, engraving from Harvey's 1834 article on meteorology.
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