Resume of Academic Career
- Third Wrangler in Mathematics Tripos, Cambridge University, 1879
- Studied medieval and sixteenth-century German literature, Berlin and Heidelberg Universities, 1879–1880
- Read law, called to the Bar by Inner Temple, 1881
- Delivered lectures on mathematics, philosophy and German literature at societies and clubs devoted to adult education
- Deputised for the Professor of Mathematics, King's College London, 1881, and for the Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1883
- Formed the Men and Women's Club, with some others, to discuss equality between the sexes
- Appointed to Goldsmid Chair of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, University College London, 1884
- Appointed Professor of Geometry, Gresham College, 1891
- Collaborated with Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, in biometry and evolutionary theory, 1891–1906
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1896
- Founded journal Biometrika with Weldon and Francis Galton founder of the School of Eugenics at University College London, 1901
- Appointed first Galton Professor of Eugenics, University College London, 1911
- Formed Department of Applied Statistics incorporating the Biometric Laboratory and Galton Laboratory, University College London
- Founded journal Annals of Eugenics, 1925
- Died April 27, 1936
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