Thomas Galloway

Thomas Galloway FRS (26 February 1796 – 1 November 1851) was a 19th-century Scottish mathematician.In 1823 he was appointed one of the teachers of mathematics at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1833 he became an actuary of the Amicable Life Assurance Office, the oldest institution of that kind in London, where he remained until his death in 1851.His most notable paper, "On the proper motion of the solar system", was published in the Philosophical Transactions of 1847.He contributed largely to the seventh edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, and also wrote several scientific papers for the Edinburgh Review and various scientific journals.[citation needed] This article about a United Kingdom mathematician is a stub.
Thomas James GallowayThomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron StrathclydeScottishmathematicianSymington, South LanarkshireScotlandUniversity of EdinburghRoyal Military College, SandhurstactuaryEncyclopædia BritannicaKensal Green CemeteryWilliam WallaceGreyfriars KirkyardEdinburghpublic domainChisholm, HughDictionary of National BiographyFind a Grave