Burchnall was born in Whichford, Warwickshire, the son of Walter Henry Burchnall, a schoolmaster, and Ann Newport.[1] He was the eldest of six children.
After the war he joined Durham University as a Reader in Mathematics then progressed to be a Lecturer. He became a professor in 1939 and continued this until retirement in 1959.
Baxter, E. F.; Holgate, S.; Erdélyi, A. (1978). "Joseph Langley Burchnall". The Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 10 (1): 111–115. doi:10.1112/blms/10.1.111. ISSN 0024-6093. MR 0472398.
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joseph, langley, burchnall, professor, frse, december, 1892, april, 1975, english, mathematician, introduced, burchnall, chaundy, theory, life, editburchnall, born, whichford, warwickshire, walter, henry, burchnall, schoolmaster, newport, eldest, children, aro. Professor Joseph Langley Burchnall OBE FRSE 8 December 1892 29 April 1975 was an English mathematician who introduced the Burchnall Chaundy theory Life editBurchnall was born in Whichford Warwickshire the son of Walter Henry Burchnall a schoolmaster and Ann Newport 1 He was the eldest of six children Around 1900 the family moved to Butterwick and thereafter Joseph was educated at Boston Grammar School then progressed to Christ Church Oxford graduating BA in 1914 and MA in absentia in 1915 He had a distinguished military history during the First World War winning the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery He was wounded three times and lost a leg in March 1918 After the war he joined Durham University as a Reader in Mathematics then progressed to be a Lecturer He became a professor in 1939 and continued this until retirement in 1959 He wrote many mathematical papers in conjunction with Theodore William Chaundy 2 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1953 He was appointed an OBE in 1956 for services to education and the community He was President of the Old Bostonian Association his old school alumni from 1967 to 1969 He died on 29 April 1975 in Southwold Suffolk 2 He is buried in St Edmunds Church Cemetery in Southwold Family editHe married Gertrude Frances Rollinson in 1917 1 They had two sons and one daughter References edit a b Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 Biographical Index Part One A J PDF Royal Society of Edinburgh July 2006 Archived from the original PDF on 19 September 2015 Retrieved 3 December 2016 a b Joseph Langley Burchnall MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Retrieved 3 December 2016 Baxter E F Holgate S Erdelyi A 1978 Joseph Langley Burchnall The Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 10 1 111 115 doi 10 1112 blms 10 1 111 ISSN 0024 6093 MR 0472398 nbsp This article about a United Kingdom mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Langley Burchnall amp oldid 1212494767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
