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George Johnston Allman (28 September 1824 – 9 May 1904) was an Irish
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,
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, classical scholar, and
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of ancient
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. His fame rests mainly upon his authorship of ''Greek
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from
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'', first published in Dublin in 1889, and republished several times subsequently.


Life

He was born in Dublin the son of William Allman MD, also a botanist. He held the position of Professor of Mathematics at
Queen's University of Ireland The Queen's University of Ireland was established formally by royal charter on 3 September 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the ''Queen's Colleges'' of Belfast, Cork, and Galway that were established in 1845 "to afford a university ...
for forty years, from 1853 until reaching retirement age in 1893. He died at Finglass, Dublin on 9 May 1904. He had married in 1853 Louisa, the daughter of John Smith Taylor of Dublin.


Recognition

He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...
in June 1884. His candidacy citation read: "Member of the Senate of the Queen's University of Ireland, – Appointed by Charter one of the original Senators of the Royal University of Ireland – Member of Standing Committee of the said University. Author of the following papers, amongst others: "Method of deriving the Polar Equations of Dynamics & Hydrodynamics from direct physical considerations" – ''Dublin University Phil Transactions'' 1848. "On certain Curves traced on the Surface of an Ellipsoid", ''Camb & Dub Math Journal''. 1848. "On the Attraction of Ellipsoids, with a new demonstration of Clairaut's Theorem, being an account of the late Prof MacCullagh's lectures", ''Trans RI Academy'' 1855. "On some properties of Paraboloids". ''Quarterly Journal Maths'' 1874. "Greek Geometry from Thales to Euclid, Part 1" ''Hermathena'' 1877. Do "Part 2" ''Hermathena'', 1881"


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