Joshua King

Joshua King
Joshua King by William Beechey
Born(1798-01-16)16 January 1798
Died1 September 1857(1857-09-01) (aged 59)
President's Lodge, Queens' College, Cambridge, England
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
AwardsSmith's Prize (1819)
Senior Wrangler
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Joshua King (16 January 1798 – 1 September 1857) was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1839 to 1849.[1] He was also the President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1832 until his death and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1833 to 1834.[2]

  1. ^ "King, Joshua (KN814J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "Fellows 1800 – 1899".