William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.
Portrait of W. Whewell; stipple engraving Wellcome L0014766
Portrait of William Whewell, c. 1863
William Whewell, c. 1860s
Statue of Whewell by Thomas Woolner in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
Augustus De Morgan was a British mathematician and logician. He is best known for De Morgan's laws relating logical conjunction, disjunction, and negation, and for coining the term "mathematical induc
William Whewell
…advisor John Gough Academic work Discipline Mathematics philosophy science theology Institutions University of Cambridge (1817–1866) Notable students Augustus De Morgan Main interests History of science poetry William Whewell ( HEW-əl; 24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College…