Baden Powell (mathematician)
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This article is about the Oxford geometer. For his son, the founder of the Boy Scouts, see Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. For the musician, see Baden Powell de Aquino.
Baden Powell, MA FRS FRGS (22 August 1796 – 11 June 1860)[1] was an English mathematician and Church of England priest. He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1827 to 1860. Powell was a prominent liberal theologian who put forward advanced ideas about evolution.
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Born | (1796-08-22)22 August 1796 Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, England |
Died | 11 June 1860(1860-06-11) (aged 63) Kensington, London, England |
Nationality | English |
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