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Edward Thomas Copson

Edward Thomas Copson Edward Thomas Copson was born on 21 August 1901 in Coventry, being the elder son of Thomas Charles Copson, a motor engineer and talented inventor, and Emily Copson (nee Read). He was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, where he held an Entrance Scholarship. In 1919 he was admitted to St John's College, Oxford, as the Sir Thomas White scholar. During his undergraduate career he was greatly influenced by Professor A. E. H. Love (who held the Sedleian chair of Natural Philosophy) and Professor G. H. Hardy (who became Savilian Professor of Geometry in 1919). He obtained First Class Honours in Mathematical Moderations in 1920 and in the Final School of Mathematics in 1922, graduating B.A. while still in his 21st year. In that same year he was appointed to his first post as Lecturer in Mathematics at Edinburgh University. He used to take pleasure in recalling that he was interviewed for this position by Professor (later Sir) Edmund Whittaker, his future father-in-law, on the platform at Windermere station and offered the job on the return train journey. These were the days when Scottish university professors could make appointments without reference to higher authority. Copson remained in Edinburgh http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society Wiley

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Wiley
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© London Mathematical Society
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0024-6093
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1469-2120
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10.1112/blms/13.6.564
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Edward Thomas Copson was born on 21 August 1901 in Coventry, being the elder son of Thomas Charles Copson, a motor engineer and talented inventor, and Emily Copson (nee Read). He was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, where he held an Entrance Scholarship. In 1919 he was admitted to St John's College, Oxford, as the Sir Thomas White scholar. During his undergraduate career he was greatly influenced by Professor A. E. H. Love (who held the Sedleian chair of Natural Philosophy) and Professor G. H. Hardy (who became Savilian Professor of Geometry in 1919). He obtained First Class Honours in Mathematical Moderations in 1920 and in the Final School of Mathematics in 1922, graduating B.A. while still in his 21st year. In that same year he was appointed to his first post as Lecturer in Mathematics at Edinburgh University. He used to take pleasure in recalling that he was interviewed for this position by Professor (later Sir) Edmund Whittaker, his future father-in-law, on the platform at Windermere station and offered the job on the return train journey. These were the days when Scottish university professors could make appointments without reference to higher authority. Copson remained in Edinburgh

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Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 1981

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