KELL AND

Philip (son of Philip Kell and, R. of Dunster, Somerset). b. Dunster 1808; ed. Queen’s coll. Camb., senior wrangler and Smith’s prizeman 1834; B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; tutor of his college; profe or of mathematics in univ. of Edinb. 19 Oct. 1838 to death, secretary of the Senatus Academic us till 1867; F.R.S. 6 Dec. 1838; F.R.S. Edinb. 1839, president Nov. 1878 to death; pres. of Society of arts 1853–54; one of founders of Life a ociation of Scotland; wrote the article Algebra, in 9 ed. of Encyclopædia Britannica; author of Theory of heat 1837; The elements of algebra 1839, 3 ed. 1861; How to improve the Scottish universities, a lecture 1855; Transatlantic sketches 1858; with P. G. Tait, Introduction to quaternions 1873. d. Bridge of Allan 7 May 1879. Sir A. Grant’s Story of univ. of Edinb. ii 304–305 (1884); Proc. of R.S. of Edinb. x 208, 211, 321–29 (1880); Proc. of R.S. xxix pp. vii–x (1879).