English mathematician
Geoffrey Thomas Bennett OBE (1868–1943) was an English mathematician , professor at the University of Cambridge .
Born in London,[ 1] [ 2] he began his secondary studies at the University College School , under Robert Tucker . After one year at University College of London , Bennett obtained a scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge , where he graduated in 1890 as Senior Wrangler . However, the best grade in the Mathematical Tripos of that year was for Philippa Fawcett , but she was not included in the list for her gender.
Upon completion of his studies he was appointed college lecturer of mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge . He held a fellowship at the college from 1893 until his death in 1943. He had also great interest in music and athletics. He was a keen bicyclist and a good pianist.
During the First World War he was member of the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section (AAES) for his versatility and for his ability solving geometrical problems by mechanical means.
Selected publications [ edit ]
Bennett, G.T. (1905). "LXXVII. The parallel motion of Sarrut and some allied mechanisms " . The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science . 9 (54): 803–810. doi :10.1080/14786440509463333 .
Bennett, G. T. (1905). "The Spirit-level as a Seismoscope". Nature . 72 (1856): 80. Bibcode :1905Natur..72...80B . doi :10.1038/072080a0 .
Bennett, G. T. (1905). "The Hydrometer as a Seismometer". Nature . 72 (1861): 198. Bibcode :1905Natur..72..198B . doi :10.1038/072198b0 .
Bennett, G. T. (1911). "The Double Six" (PDF) . Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 2 (1): 336–351. doi :10.1112/plms/s2-9.1.336 .
Bennett, G. T. (1911). "The Composition of Finite Displacements and the Use of Axodes" (PDF) . Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 2 (1): 273–285. doi :10.1112/plms/s2-9.1.273 . (See axode .)
Bennett, G. T. (1912). "Deformable Octahedra" (PDF) . Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 2 (1): 309–342. doi :10.1112/plms/s2-10.1.309 .
Bennett, G. T. (1912). "The System of Lines of a Cubic Surface" (PDF) . Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 2 (1): 479–484. doi :10.1112/plms/s2-10.1.479 .
Bennett, G. T. (1914). "The skew isogram mechanism" (PDF) . Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 2 (1): 151–173. doi :10.1112/plms/s2-13.1.151 .
Bennett, G. T. (1922). "The three-bar sextic curve" (PDF) . Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 1 (2): 59–81. doi :10.1112/plms/s2-20.1.59 .
Bennett, G. T. (1923). "Paradromic Rings". Nature . 111 (2800): 882. Bibcode :1923Natur.111R.882B . doi :10.1038/111882b0 .
Bennett, G. T. (1939). "Continuants and precontinuants". Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 35 (4): 548–561. Bibcode :1939PCPS...35..548B . doi :10.1017/S0305004100021332 .