Prof. J. E. A. Steggall

Abstract

PROF. JOHN EDWARD ALOYSIUS STEGGALL died in Dundee on November 26. He was born in London on November 19, 1855, the son of Dr. J. W. B. Steggall, a physician whose family came from East Anglia, and from whom he inherited a love of architecture. He was educated under the well-known headmaster, Dr. Abbott, at the City of London School, and afterwards at Trinity College, Cambridge, where in 1877 he gained the Sheepshanks Medal for astronomy and in the next year graduated second wrangler, Hobson being senior. After taking the first Smith's prize, Steggall taught for a few terms at Clifton College (1878-79), next at Owens College, Manchester (1880-83), and in 1883 was appointed to the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at the newly founded University College of Dundee. The responsibility of shouldering the work of two separate departments was considerable: and when in 1895 a redistribution was made, he continued as professor of pure and applied mathematics until he retired in 1933, after attaining the jubilee year of his work in the Dundee post.