Sir William Davidson Niven

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Sir William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for editing and promoting the works of James Clerk Maxwell and for his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
editor ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
areaOfInfluence British mathematical education ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
contributedTo development of mathematical curricula ⓘ
dissemination of James Clerk Maxwell’s theories ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
editedWorkOf James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
familyName Niven ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematical education ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
fullName William Davidson Niven ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline applied mathematics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Davidson ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableFor contributions to mathematical education in the early 20th century ⓘ
contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th century ⓘ
editing the works of James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
promoting the work of James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
occupation mathematician ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
role editor of scientific texts ⓘ
promoter of Maxwell’s collected works ⓘ

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Aberdeen Grammar School → hasNotableAlumnus → Sir William Davidson Niven ⓘ