Peter Tait
Born in
Dalkeith,
Edinburgh and the Lothians
Born on 28th of April
1831
Died on 4th of July
1901
Born 1831. Died 1901 - Scottish mathematician.
Educated at Edinburgh and Cambridge. Held posts of Professor of Mathematics and of Natural Philosophy. Worked with Lord Kelvin on a Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867).
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