1. Robert Adrain Robert Adrain. ADRAIN, Robert, mathematician, born in Carrickfergus, Ireland, 30 September 1775; died in New Brunswick, http://www.famousamericans.net/robertadrain

You are in: Museum of History Hall of North and South Americans Robert Adrain Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. 6 vols. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 was the "most-quoted" biographical source for 19th and early 20th America. Appleton's, due to its age, reflects the bias and prejudice of late 19th Century America. It is also estimated that 100 to 200 of the 35,000 biographies are entirely fictitious. Additionally, the OCR technology used to transfer the text to the web was, at best, only a 99% accurate. We rely on volunteers to edit and update these historic biographies on a continual basis. If you are interested in editing and updating this biography please Click Here Virtual American Biographies Over 30,000 personalities with thousands of 19th Century illustrations, signatures, and exceptional life stories. Virtualology.com welcomes editing and additions to the biographies. To become this site's editor or a contributor Click Here or e-mail Virtualology here A B C ... Z Robert Adrain TM Start your search on Robert Adrain Other educational search engines: Ask Jeeves for Kids Britannica.com

2. Adrain Robert Adrain. The names of Robert Adrain's parents are unknown but we do know thathis father was a schoolteacher and that he made mathematical instruments. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Adrain.html

Robert Adrain Born: 30 Sept 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ireland Died: 10 Aug 1843 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index The names of Robert Adrain 's parents are unknown but we do know that his father was a schoolteacher and that he made mathematical instruments. When Adrain was about fifteen years of age both his parents died. Adrain received a good education but this education did not include any mathematics beyond arithmetic. His own curiosity, however, led him to study books on mathematics which explained algebraic notation and so he became essentially a self-taught mathematician. After his parents died, Adrain had to work to support both himself and his four brothers and sisters and it was entirely natural for this well educated young man to earn his living as a teacher. By 1798 Adrain, a young man of 22, had established himself sufficiently well financially to allow him to marry Ann Pollock. They had seven children, one of whom, Garnett Bowditch Adrain, became a Democratic member of Congress. The year 1798 was crucial for Adrain in addition to being the year in which he married. He took part in the Irish rebellion of that year but, in order to understand what this was about, we should give some background to explain the political events which led up to this event that was to result in a complete change in Adrain's life.

3. Robert Adrain Robert Adrain (17751843). After Adrain came to the US from his nativeIreland in 1798 (or 9), he settled first at Princeton, NJ, where http://www.dean.usma.edu/math/people/rickey/dms/Non-grads/adrain_robert.htm

Robert Adrain (1775-1843) After Adrain came to the US from his native Ireland in 1798 (or 9), he settled first at Princeton, NJ, where he was appointed a master at Princeton Academy. He stayed there until 1800 when the family moved to York, PA. In York Adrain became Principal of York County Academy. The Mathematical Correspondent , an early American mathematics journal, began publishing in 1804 under the editorship of George Baron and Adrain became one of its main contributors. Baron had taught mathematics to a few soldiers at West Point before it was USMA, so that establishes a nice link. Need to look into this Baron connection more carefully. St. Andrew's web site has more detail and references. Manuscripts: Letter from Calhoun to Thayer, October 7, 1820 , about appointing Adrain as mathematics professor at USMA. Letter from VanDeventer to Thayer, November 2, 1820 , about appointing Adrain or Douglass as mathematics professor at USMA. These are the only two letters indexed under Adrain in The West Point Thayer Papers Compiled by V. Frederick Rickey, beginning November 2000.

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Name Index Anna Adams Sarah Wyatt (b.1875) Adrain Anne David George George ... William Andrew Aexander Annie Hall Baker Beth Cliff Baxter Olive Baird Bennie Annie Boyd Jean Black James Maria Kirk (b.1865) William Booth Joseph Brown Christina David Elizabeth Janet ... William Cairns Hannah (b.1858) Robert Robert Thomas Carlin Brian Linda Yvonne Cochrane Janet (b.1823) Colquhoun Martha (b.1865) Cowan Andrew Cox Elizabeth Elizabeth Stran (b.1900) James Craig Catriona Davidson Benjamin Benjamin Christina (Teen) Dorothy Logan ... William Dewar John Downey Elizabeth (b.1869) Downie Andrew Andrew Charles (b.1966) Andrew Rae (b.1912) Anna ... William John (b.1860) Downie? Martha Duncan Abbey Carol Fiona Russell ... Wallace Edwards Irene (b.1947) Flint Cameron Craig Ewen Holly Leone Ford Annie Elizabeth George George (b.1898) ... William Frame Catherine Cathrin Frazer Christina Elizabeth (b.1900) Hannah (b.1902) John ... Sally Freeman Eugene (b.1912) Robert E Ruth Galbraith Williamina A.W. Gibson Jessie Hasey Alison John Margaret Paul ... Suzie Holden Julie Elizabeth (b.1961) Hunter Elizabeth Murray Ingles Laura sarah Steven Johnston Elizabeth Jowett Len Olivia Judge Sarah Karsten Ruth Rachael (b.1913)

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7. Adrain Robert Adrain. Born 30 Sept 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ireland Died 10Aug 1843 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Show birthplace location http://sfabel.tripod.com/mathematik/database/Adrain.html

Robert Adrain Born: 30 Sept 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ireland Died: 10 Aug 1843 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Welcome page Adrain took part in the Irish rebellion of 1798 and escaped with his wife to the USA. He was professor of mathematics at Queen's University (now Rutgers) New Brunswick from 1809 to 1813 then at Columbia University from 1813 to 1826. Adrain published on the normal law of errors in 1808, one year before Gauss . He studied the catenary and other curves. He gave 1/319 as the elipticity of the Earth, a figure better than Laplace who gave 1/336. References (5 books/articles) Other Web sites: You can see a history of the Department Adrain was in at Rutgers, USA Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Welcome page History Topics Index Famous curves index ... Search Suggestions JOC/EFR December 1996

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463 Squadron Of those aircrew whose age could be ascertained, the youngest was 19, the eldest 39, and the average a little over 23½ years old. oOo The total number of aircrew posted to the Squadron was 1217, including ten complete crews; 70 men; too late to take part in operations. The number of aircrew of the Squadron killed in action was 394 (32.4%) of whom 82 have no known grave There were a further 532 (43.7%) casualties, 84 Prisoners of War and 12 Evaders. oOo The layout of this document has been to keep the information easily understood by using just three lines for each entry. The first line listing the details of the deceased individual in alphabetical order, the second covering the date, aircraft and target, whilst third lists the officially recognised last resting place. ABBOTT Stanley Arthur F/S M.U.G RAAF Age 463 Squadron 31-AUG-1944 Lancaster Mk I JO-G Target Training UK CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAMBRIDGE CITY CEM Grave 13970 ACRES Robert Joseph P/O M.U.G RAAF Age 463 Squadron 26-SEP-1944 Lancaster Mk III JO-L Target Calais FRANCE PAS DE CALAIS WISSANT COM. CEM.

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10. References For Adrain References for robert adrain. Articles JJ Coolidge, robert adrain and the beginningof American mathematics, Amer. Math. Monthly 33 (1926), 6176. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Adrain.html

References for Robert Adrain Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Articles: J J Coolidge, Robert Adrain and the beginning of American mathematics, Amer. Math. Monthly J Dutka, Robert Adrain and the method of least squares, Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. E R Hogan, Robert Adrain : American mathematician, HHistoria Math. E R Hogan, Robert Adrain, American National Biography (Oxford, 1999), 171-172. O B Sheynin, R Adrain's works in the theory of errors and its applications (Russian), Istor.-Mat. Issled. Main index Birthplace Maps Biographies Index History Topics ... Anniversaries for the year JOC/EFR July 2000 School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland The URL of this page is: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/References/Adrain.html

11. Penn 1830: Robert Adrain UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1830. robert adrain Professor of Mathematics, sealof the University of Pennsylvania, 17821847, depicting the Rittenhouse Orrery. http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1830/facadrain.html

U NIVERSITY OF P ENNSYLVANIA Robert Adrain Professor of Mathematics Born in Carrickfergus, Ireland, 1775; emigrated to America on account of his connection with the Irish Rebellion of 1798; taught school in various places; Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania, holding the position here 1827-34; edited Hutton's Mathematics; the periodical, Mathematical Diary and published essays in mathematical and physical subjects; received LL.D. from Columbia, 1818; died 1843. R OBERT ADRAIN, LL.D., was born in Carrickfergus, Ireland, September 30, 1775, and died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 10, 1843. He participated in the Irish rebellion of 1798, during which he received a severe wound, and was obliged to fly to America. He taught school in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and was a contributor to scientific journals. From 1809 to 1813 he was Professor of Mathematics in Queens College, now Rutgers College , and then resigned to accept the Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Columbia , where he continued until his resignation in 1825. He then returned to Rutgers College as Professor of Mathematics, remaining until 1827. In this year he accepted the Professorship of Mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania which he held until 1834 when he resigned. He edited Hutton's Mathematics, published essays on the figure and magnitude of the earth and on gravity, and was Editor of the Mathematical Diary from 1825 to 1829. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Columbia in 1818. He married Anna Pollock of New Jersey.

12. Image Robert Adrain, University Of Pennsylvania Archives robert adrain, born in Ireland in 1775,was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, 1827-1834....... robert adrain, 1775 1843. http://www.archives.upenn.edu/img/ar/adrianrobert.html

13. Descendants Of Ann "Nancy" Pollock And Robert Adrain Ann "Nancy" Pollock and robert adrain .2 Ann "Nancy" Pollock ..+robert adrain (rarely spelled as Adrian) b Sept. 30, 1775 in d Aug. 10, 1843 in New Brunswick, NJ. Participated in Irish Rebellion. Wounded in battle in 1798. http://www.members.cox.net/bsowers/Ann.htm

Descendants of Ann "Nancy" Pollock and Robert Adrain Search all of Diana and Bill's family pages! powered by FreeFind Put in a name or word and see what you find in our family webpages! Some ADRAIN census information .2 Ann "Nancy" Pollock ..+Robert Adrain (rarely spelled as Adrian) b Sept. 30, 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ire. d Aug. 10, 1843 in New Brunswick, NJ. Participated in Irish Rebellion. Wounded in battle in 1798. Fled to America. Mathematician. Taught at Queens College (Rutgers Univ.) 1809-1812, 1826 Columbia College (i.e. University) 1813-1825, 1834-1843, and Univ. of Penn. 1827-1834. Vice-Provost of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1828-1834. ..3 Margaret Adrain b March 17, 1799 in Ireland. d July 6, 1859. buried in VanLiew Cemetery, New Brunswick, NJ. (Proprietor of Seton Hall School, Jamaica, NY.) ..3 John Adrain b March 17, 1801 in New York City, NY. d June 5, 1883 in Springfield Township, Richland County, OH. buried in Springmill-Leppo Cem., Springfield Township, Richland County, OH. census info ...+Asenath Taylor b Oct. 14, 1808 in PA. m Nov. 16, 1826 in Springfield Tp., Richland County, OH. d Feb. 13, 1854. buried in

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15. Adrain Biography of robert adrain (17751843) robert adrain. Born 30 Sept 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ireland http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Adrain.html

Robert Adrain Born: 30 Sept 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ireland Died: 10 Aug 1843 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index The names of Robert Adrain 's parents are unknown but we do know that his father was a schoolteacher and that he made mathematical instruments. When Adrain was about fifteen years of age both his parents died. Adrain received a good education but this education did not include any mathematics beyond arithmetic. His own curiosity, however, led him to study books on mathematics which explained algebraic notation and so he became essentially a self-taught mathematician. After his parents died, Adrain had to work to support both himself and his four brothers and sisters and it was entirely natural for this well educated young man to earn his living as a teacher. By 1798 Adrain, a young man of 22, had established himself sufficiently well financially to allow him to marry Ann Pollock. They had seven children, one of whom, Garnett Bowditch Adrain, became a Democratic member of Congress. The year 1798 was crucial for Adrain in addition to being the year in which he married. He took part in the Irish rebellion of that year but, in order to understand what this was about, we should give some background to explain the political events which led up to this event that was to result in a complete change in Adrain's life.

16. The Political Graveyard: Index To Politicians: Adamske To Aedanus adrain, robert of Middlesex County, NJ Member of New Jersey statesenate from Middlesex County, 188994. Burial location unknown. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html

Questions? Return to The Political Graveyard main page Index to Politicians: Adamske to Aedanus Adamske, Stanley Communist. Candidate for Michigan state senate 11th District, 1946. Still living as of 1946. Adamski, Albert J. of Buffalo, Erie County , N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, Burial location unknown ADAMSON: See also Adamson Tannehill Adamson, J. W. of Honey Grove, Fannin County , Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, Burial location unknown Adamson, John H. of Paterson, Passaic County , N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, Burial location unknown Adamson, Mamie B. of Austin, Travis County , Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, Female Burial location unknown Adamson, William Charles also known as William C. Adamson of Carrollton, Carroll County , Ga. Born in Bowdon, Carroll County , Ga., August 13 . Democrat. Lawyer; city judge, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, ; Presidential Elector for Georgia

17. The Political Graveyard: Index To Politicians: Schwartzenburg To Scotland Schwenn, robert P. National Democratic candidate for US Senator from Alabama,1968. Scolten, adrain H. of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Democrat. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html

Questions? Return to The Political Graveyard main page Index to Politicians: Schwartzenburg to Scotland SCHWARTZENBURG: See also Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards Schwartzwald, Jacob J. of Brooklyn, Kings County , N.Y. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County , N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1927-33; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1935-42. Jewish . Member, American Legion Jewish War Veterans Freemasons Knights of Pythias ... Burial location unknown Schwarz, Emil of Bronx, Bronx County , N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1924. Burial location unknown Schwarz, Henry A. of Belleville, St. Clair County , Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1965-77. Still living as of 1977. Schwarz, John E. Adjutant General of Michigan Burial location unknown Schwarz, John J. H. of Battle Creek, Calhoun County , Mich. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan

18. Other-mathns This list is arranged alphabetically by individual. adrain, robert,famous early American mathematician and potential USMA faculty. http://www.dean.usma.edu/math/people/rickey/dms/Other-mathns.html

Other Individuals Connected To Mathematics at USMA This list contains the names of individuals who are important in the development of mathematics at USMA. This list is arranged alphabetically by individual. Adrain, Robert , famous early American mathematician and potential USMA faculty. Arkin, Joseph Senior Lecturer 1986-1994. Bartlett, William H. Chambers, Prof. of Exp. and Nat. Phil., USMA. Buckingham, Catharinus Putnam, writer on mathematics. Calhoun, John C , Secretary of War, 1817-1825. Crozet, Claudius , taught descriptive geometry. Eisenhower, Dwight David , how he studied geometry without a book. Grant, Ulysses S , reflects on his USMA studies. Lee, Thomas Jefferson, USMA 1830, author. Michie, Peter Smith, Prof. of Exp. and Nat. Phil., USMA. O'Connor, John Michael , son-in-law of Jared Mansfield. Parrott, Robert Parker, inventor of Parrott gun. Poe, Edgar Allan, poet and sometime cryptographer. Stevens, Isaac Ingalis, concerned about curriculum. Sully, Alfred, description of 1838 library fire. Sully, Thomas,

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20. Robert ADRAIN - Ann POLLOCK - A.k.a. Nancy POLLOCK, Anna POLLOCK robert adrain Ann POLLOCK aka Nancy POLLOCK, Anna POLLOCK - Husband robertadrain Birth Sept. 30, 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ire. Death Aug. http://www.geocities.com/topekanz/adrain/ann.html

Robert ADRAIN Ann POLLOCK - a.k.a. Nancy POLLOCK, Anna POLLOCK Husband: Robert ADRAIN Birth: Sept. 30, 1775 in Carrickfergus, Ire. Death: Aug. 10, 1843 in New Brunswick, NJ. Marriage: in Northern Ireland Wife: Ann POLLOCK - a.k.a. Anna POLLOCK, Nancy POLLOCK Birth: in Northern Ireland. Death: in New Jersey? Father: John POLLOCK Mother: Sarah SMITH Children Margaret ADRAIN - b March 17, 1799 in Ireland. d July 6, 1859; buried in VanLiew Cemetery, New Brunswick, NJ. (Proprietor of Seton Hall School, Jamaica, NY.) John ADRAIN - b March 17, 1801 in New York City, NY; d June 5, 1883 in Springfield Township, Richland County, OH; buried in Springmill-Leppo Cem., Springfield Township, Richland County, OH Sarah ADRAIN - b Nov. 7, 1803; d Nov. 12, 1844 in Jamaica, NY. Mary Moore ADRAIN - b 1806 Robert ADRAIN - b ca 1808 in New Jersey; d 1866; buried in Christ Cemetery, New Brunswick, NJ Anna Pollock ADRAIN - b ca 1810 Eliza ADRAIN - b ca 1812 Garnett Bowditch ADRAIN - b Dec. 15, 1815 (another source says Dec. 20, 1816) in New York City, NY. d Aug. 17, 1878 in New Brunswick, NJ. bur in Van Liew Cemetery. William ADRAIN - b ca 1818.

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