Joshua King (mathematician)
Joshua King | |
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Joshua King by William Beechey | |
| Born | 16 January 1798 |
| Died | 1 September 1857 (aged 59) President's Lodge, Queens' College, Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Smith's Prize (1819) Senior Wrangler Lucasian Professor of Mathematics |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Joshua King (16 January 1798 – 1 September 1857) was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1839 to 1849. He was also the President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1832 until his death and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1833 to 1834.