Peter Guthrie Tait

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Keith_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1831-04-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dalkeith,_Scotland
gptkbp:child gptkb:Frederick_Guthrie_Tait
gptkb:John_Guthrie_Tait
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin)
gptkbp:deathDate 1901-07-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Hopkins
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Charles_Niven
gptkb:George_Chrystal
gptkbp:education gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Queen's_College,_Belfast
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
mathematical physics
physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:professor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Peter Guthrie Tait
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:G._H._Hardy
gptkb:Arthur_Cayley
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Tait_conjectures
quaternions
thermodynamics
knot theory
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:An_Elementary_Treatise_on_Quaternions
gptkb:Treatise_on_Natural_Philosophy
Sketch of Thermodynamics
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:positionHeld Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
Professor of Mathematics, Queen's College, Belfast
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Grange_Cemetery,_Edinburgh
gptkbp:signature Peter_Guthrie_Tait_signature.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Archer_Porter
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_William_Rowan_Hamilton
gptkb:William_Rowan_Hamilton
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