Mathematician:Robert John Tainsh Bell

Mathematician

Scottish mathematician noted for his work in solid geometry.

Nationality

Scottish

History

• Born: 15 Jan 1876, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Died: 8 Sept 1963, Dunedin, New Zealand

Publications

• 1911: An Elementary Treatise on Coordinate Geometry of Three Dimensions
  • 1938: Coordinate Solid Geometry (reprint of chapters I to IX of An Elementary Treatise on Coordinate Geometry of Three Dimensions from 1911)

• 1914: Note on the axes of a normal section of the enveloping cylinder of a conchoid

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Robert John Tainsh Bell": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive