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Samuel Bruce Mclaren (1876-1916)

Birth place: Yedo, near Tokyo

Date of birth: 16 Aug 1876

Parents: Rev. Samuel Gilfillan McLaren and his wife Marjory Millar, née Bruce, of Foreign Settlement, Japan

1911 census occupation and address: Visitor, Lecturer In Mathematics at Birmingham University, St Davids College, Lampeter

Death date: 13 Aug 1916

Rank: Lieutenant (T)

Regiment: Corps of Royal Engineers

Battalion: 35Th Div Sig Co

Death location: France

Type of casualty: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Cemetery/memorial name: Abbeville Communal Cemetery

Grave/memorial reference: VI. L. 16.

Honours/awards: Victory and British Medals

 

Link to Reading University College:

1913 accepted the Chair in Mathematics at University College, Reading

Listed as Professor of Mathematics for years 1913-14, 1914-15 and 1915-16

Member of Reading University College Officers' Training Corps (RUCOTC)

 

Additional information:

Australia DNB entry: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mclaren-samuel-bruce-7409

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_McLaren

www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/mcla/mcla.htm

www.eoas.info/biogs/P001289b.htm

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