Emory McClintock (1840–1916), born John Emory McClintock was an American

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, born in

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. He graduated from

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, where he was tutor in mathematics in 1859–1860. From 1863 to 1866 he served as United States consular agent at

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. He served as president of the

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in 1890–1894 and of the Actuarial Society of America in 1895–1897.

Early life and career

He was born to

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and Caroline Augusta Wakeman McClintock. His father was a minister of the

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, who was also a professor of mathematics, and ancient languages at

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. His father was also involved in an 1847 a riot over slavery, as he tried to prevent slavechasers from taking African-American citizens of Pennsylvania into slavery.John McClintock
, Dickinson College He was actuary of the Asbury Life Insurance Company,

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(1867–1871), of the

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, (1871–1889), and of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York (1889–1911). At the Mutual, he was vice president from 1905 to 1911, a trustee after 1905, and a consulting actuary after 1911.

References

* Thomas S. Fiske,
Emory McClintock
', Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 23, (1917), pp. 353–357. (includes a list of his publications)

External links

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, J. Emory McClintock, Family Papers 1853-1918
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McClintock, Emory American expatriates in the United Kingdom Columbia University faculty Columbia University alumni 1840 births People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1916 deaths People from Milwaukee American actuaries Presidents of the American Mathematical Society 19th-century American businesspeople