Archibald Sandeman

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Archibald Sandeman
Born1822
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Died26 June 1893

Archibald Sandeman (1822 – 26 June 1893)[1] was a Scottish academic. He was a professor at Queens' College, Cambridge, and at Owens College in Manchester.

Early life and education[]

Sandeman was born in 1822 to Hector Sandeman and Catherine Turnbull.[2] His family lived at Tulloch House in Bleachfield, Perthshire.[3][4] A Sandeman Court exists in Tulloch today.[5]

He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, followed by St John's College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1842.[4]

Sandeman also studied at Queens' College, Cambridge, and graduated in 1846. He was later a professor there.[6]

Career[]

He was also the first Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at Owens College in Manchester.[3][7] He held the posts between 1851 and 1865, at which point he began a brief academic role at Queens' College. His father's death in 1855 forced his return to Scotland,[8][4]

He later became a linen bleacher at J. Pullar and Sons in Tulloch.[4]

Personal life[]

Sandeman published A Treatise on the Motion of a Single Particle, and of Two Particles Acting on One Another in 1850.[8]

He was elected to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1851, and remained a member for 42 years.[8]

The Sandeman Library, in Perth, is named for him, his having bequeathed the building.[9]

After returning to Scotland in 1855, he lived with his widowed mother, then with his brother Hector and sister Agnes at Garry Cottage on the Dundee Road in . His siblings died, within days of each other, in December 1891.[4]

An Episcopalian, he was a generous supporter of Perth's St John's Episcopal Church.[4]

Sandeman died on 26 June 1893,[3] aged 71.[4]

Bibliography[]

  • A Treatise on the Motion of a Single Particle, and of Two Particles Acting on One Another, Archibald Sandeman (1850) ISBN 0282211489

References[]

  1. ^ Record View | Archive Collections | University of Aberdeen
  2. ^ Publications. Historical Series, Volume 74, University of Manchester (1937), p. 42
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Library World, Volume 1 (1899), p. 94
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g The Courier, 27 June 1893, p. 5
  5. ^ Area Information for Sandeman Court, Perth, Scotland, PH1 2RB Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine – StreetCheck
  6. ^ A Treatise on the Motion of a Single Particle, and of Two Particles Acting on One Another, Archibald Sandeman, M.A. (1850)
  7. ^ Papers and Correspondence of William Stanley Jevons, Volume 3: Correspondence, 1863–1872, Volume 3 – William Stanley Jevons (1977), p. 52
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, Volume 38 – Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1894), p. 215
  9. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "14–16 (even nos) Kinnoull Street (former Sandeman Library) (Category C Listed Building) (LB39334)". Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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