Thomas Leybourne, Professor of Mathematics and Arithmetic at the Royal Military College, 1835 (c)
Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1835 (c).
In 1795 Thomas Leybourne launched the journal, 'Mathematical and Philosophical Repository', which ran for 40 years. He also published other volumes of mathematical problems such as 'Leybourne's Mathematical Repository and the Gentleman's Mathematical Companion'. Leybourne was Professor of Mathematics and Arithmetic at the Royal Military College from 1802 until 1839. He died in 1840, aged 71.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1959-01-38-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1959-01-38-1