Miles Bland
Miles Bland (11 October 1786 – 27 December 1867)[1] was an English cleric and mathematician.
Life[]
Bland was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1808, as second wrangler and Smith's prizeman. He was then elected fellow (5 April 1808) and tutor of his college, and acted as moderator (1814, 1815, 1816) and public examiner (1817–1818) in mathematics.[2][3]
Bland became rector of Lilley, Hertfordshire, in 1823, and a prebendary of Wells Cathedral in 1826, when he proceeded D.D. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and of the Royal Astronomical Society. He died 27 December 1867 in Ramsgate, Kent.[1][2]
Works[]
Bland's main works were:[2]
- Geometrical Problems . . . from the first six books of Euclid . . . with the elements of Plane Trigonometry, Cambridge, 1819, 2nd edit. 1821, 3rd edit. 1827.
- Algebraical Problems, a schoolbook, first published in 1812, 9th edit. 1849.
- The Elements of Hydrostatics, 1824, 1827.
- Annotations on the Historical Books of the New Testament; vol. i. St. Matthew's Gospel (1828), vol. ii. St. Mark's Gospel (1828), Mechanical and Philosophical Problems,' 1830.
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tompson, Julia (23 September 2004). "Bland, Miles (1786–1867), mathematician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2612. Retrieved 1 August 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Bland, Miles (BLNT804M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Bland, Miles". Dictionary of National Biography. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- 1786 births
- 1867 deaths
- 19th-century English Anglican priests
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society