Henry Hickman Harte

Irish mathematician
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IntroIrish mathematician
PlacesIreland
isMathematician
Work fieldMathematics
Gender
Male
Death5 April 1848
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Biography

Henry Hickman Harte (1790–1848), was an Irish mathematician.

Life

Harte was the son of a solicitor, and born in the county of Limerick, Ireland, in 1790. He obtained a scholarship in 1809, and a fellowship ten years later at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1831 Harte accepted the college living of Cappagh, diocese of Derry, co. Tyrone; and died on Sunday, 5 April 1848, having preached on the same day in his church, where he was also buried. Harte was author of a translation of La Place'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 La Place's Mécanique Céleste.

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