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Kirkman, Thomas Penyngton (1806-1895) mathematician and philosopher
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Letter from Augustus De Morgan
Add. MS a/202/152 · Item · 15 Oct. 1863
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91 Adelaide Road NW - Would Whewell consider helping a poorly provided for man of science called Mr [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman: His mathematical work on 'polyhedrons, and other things' are at the vanguard of their department.
Letter from Augustus De Morgan
Add. MS a/202/153 · Item · 21 Oct. 1863
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91 Adelaide Road NW - He does not expect Whewell to confer college patronage on Mr [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman, but to say a good word if something arises. As to Whewell's statement that men who are hanged have the next world in this, he reminds him of the mechanics of hanging. Refers to Mr Wright, a remarkable Cambridge (town) man, and has met [Henry] Crabb Robinson who recalls that Wordsworth said Dyer's life of Robert Robinson one of the best biographies in the English language.