DE MORGAN

August us ( 5 child of John De Morgan, col. in Madras army, who d. 1816 ). b. Madura, Madras 27 June 1806; lost his right eye soon afterwards; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; scholar 1825, fourth wrangler 1827, B.A. 1827; student at Lincoln’s Inn 1827; profe or of mathematics in London University 23 Feb. 1828 to 24 July 1831; fellow of Astronomical Soc. May 1828, member of council 1830–61, hon. sec. 1831–38 and 1848–54; profe or of mathematics in University college, London, Oct. 1836 to 10 Nov. 1866; pres. of Mathematical Soc. 7 Nov. 1864; granted civil list pension of £100, 21 Jany. 1870; author of Elements of arithmetic 1830, 6 ed. 1876; Formal Logic 1847; Trigonometry and double algebra 1849; Book of almanacs 1851, 2 ed. 1871; Budget of Paradoxes 1872, and nearly one sixth of articles in Penny Cyclopædia 1833–58. ( m. 1837 Sophia Elizabeth dau. of Wm. Frend of London, she was granted civil list pension of £50, 25 July 1871). d. Merton road, Regent’s park, London 18 March 1871. Memoir of A. De Morgan by S. E. De Morgan 1882, portrait , with list of his writings at pp. 401–17 ; Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxx , 11, 112–18 (1872).