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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000667b.htm person Nanson Edward John AACR2 13 December 1850 1 July 1936 Place of Birth Penrith, Cumberland, England Place of Death Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia Mathematician Edward Nanson was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne between 1875 and 1922 and published widely on electoral reform and proportional and preferential voting. 1873 1873 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge 1874 1875 Career position - Professor of Applied Mathematics, Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, Surrey, United Kingdom 1875 1922 Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne 1906 1906 Career position - Inaugural President, Mathematics Association of Victoria 1922 1922 Life event - Retired Wallaby Club (1894 - )

President 1897 - 1898

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - ) 1875 1922

Professor of Mathematics 1875 - 1922

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 'Nanson, Edward John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nanson, Edward John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Nanson, Edward John (1850-1936), university professor and electoral reformer [and mathematician] Fendley, G. C. Nanson, Edward John (1850-1936), university professor and electoral reformer [and mathematician] Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 663 Journal Article: The appointment of the first four professors of mathematics in the University of Melbourne Cohen, Graeme The appointment of the first four professors of mathematics in the University of Melbourne 2006 Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society 33 1 14-21 Journal Article: Silhouettes of early Australian statistics Seneta, E. Silhouettes of early Australian statistics 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 2-22 Edward John Nanson - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Edward John Nanson - Records 1857 - 1900 Housekeeping accounts 1873-94; examination papers 1874-1900; solutions to matriculation questions in arithmetic and algebra 1857-81; pamphlets; University calendars (Adelaide, Sydney, Cambridge) 1867, 1872-76, 1880-91; mathematical texts 1860s-1889 [2.5 m]. 2.5 m