Charles Ernest Weatherburn (18 June 1884 – 18 October 1974) was an Australian-born mathematician.Journal of Australian Mathematical Society, Series A. vol. 1, 1976, pp. 1–4 Weatherburn graduated from the

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an MA in 1906. After being awarded a scholarship he studied at

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sitting the

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examinations in 1908. Weatherburn was awarded a First Class degree. On his return to Australia, Weatherburn taught at Ormond College of the

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. In 1923 was appointed chair of mathematics in Canterbury College,

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. He returned to Australia in 1929 as chair of mathematics at the

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, a post he held until he retired in 1950. He died in Perth, Western Australia in 1974.

Selected works

* ''A first course in mathematical statistics'' * ''Differential geometry of three dimensions'' * ''An introduction to Riemannian geometry and the tensor calculus'' * ''Elementary vector analysis : With application to geometry and mechanics'', London (1921)
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. * ''Advanced vector analysis''

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Academic staff of the University of Western Australia Academic staff of the University of Melbourne Academic staff of the University of Canterbury University of Sydney alumni Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Scientists from Sydney 1884 births 1974 deaths 20th-century New Zealand mathematicians 20th-century Australian mathematicians {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub