Henry Hickman Harte
Henry Hickman Harte (1790–1848) was an Irish mathematician and clergyman.
Life
[edit]Harte, the son of a solicitor, was born in the county of Limerick, Ireland in 1790. He entered Trinity College Dublin in 1806, and became a Scholar in 1809. He earned his BA in 1811 (and MA in 1823), and served as the Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics from 1827 to 1832.[1] In 1831 Harte accepted the college living of Cappagh, diocese of Derry, co. Tyrone. He died on Sunday, 5 April 1848, having preached on the same day in his church, where he was also buried. Harte was the author of a translation of Laplace's Système du Monde, to which work he added 'Mathematical Proofs and Explanatory Remarks,' Dublin, 1830. He also published a translation of Poisson's Mécanique, with Notes, 2 vols. London, 1842, 8vo, and commenced another of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste.[2]
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Volumes 1 and 2 of Pierre-Simon Laplace's "System of the World" (1830), translated and with commentary by Harte -
Title page to Volume 1 of Pierre-Simon Laplace's "System of the World" (1830), translated and with commentary by Harte
References
[edit]- ^ Alumni Dublinenses 1935 edition, p. 376
- ^ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
