William Wallace

(1768-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wallace, William, 1768-1843 NRA: Wallace William (1768-1843) Mathematician DNB: Wallace, William (1768-1843), mathematician LBT ID: WiWalla1843 VIAF ID: 13087885 LOC ID: n83027893	B/BAP: 1768 DIED: 1843
SOURCES: DNB; Scottish Book Trade Index (web); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
In his youth employed in the Edinburgh book trade, he succeeded John Leslie as professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University in 1819.
REFERENCES TO William Wallace: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 36 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 19