Mathematicians

René Descartes

1596-1650
French philosopher and mathematician
Sitter in 10 portraits

Arthur Thomas Doodson

1890-1968
Mathematician and oceanographer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Alexander John Ellis

1814-1890
Philologist and mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Emerson

1701-1782
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Godfrey Faussett

1827-1908
Mathematician and divine
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Ridsdale Goldsbrough

1881-1963
Mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Gray

died 1769
Mathematician; author of 'A Treatise of Gunnery'
Sitter in 3 portraits

William John Greenstreet

1861-1930
Mathematician; editor of the Mathematical Gazette
Sitter in 1 portrait

Olinthus Gilbert Gregory

1774-1841
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Rowan Hamilton

1805-1865
Mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Harrison

1715-1802
Mathematician and linguist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Douglas Rayner Hartree

1897-1958
Physicist and mathematician
Sitter in 4 portraits

Thomas Haselden

died 1740
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Henry Havelock

1877-1968
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter Kurt Hayman

1926-2020
Professor of Pure Mathematics
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Little Heath

1861-1940
Civil servant, mathematician, classical scholar and author
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt

1792-1871
Mathematician and astronomer; son of William Herschel
Sitter in 18 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Anthony Hill

1930-2020
Artist, mathematician and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Ernest William Hobson

1856-1933
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Hodgson

1678-1755
Mathematical master at Christ's Hospital
Sitter in 2 portraits

Leslie Howarth

1911-2001
Mathematician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Fred Hoyle

1915-2001
Astrophysicist, mathematician and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Charles Hutton

1737-1823
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christiaan Huygens

1629-1695
Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Albert Edward Ingham

1900-1967
Mathematician and Lecturer in Mathematics
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Hopwood Jeans

1877-1946
Mathematician, astronomer and theoretical physicist
Sitter in 19 portraits

George Barker Jeffery

1891-1957
Mathematician and educationist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Bertha (née Swirles), Lady Jeffreys

1903-1999
Mathematician; wife of Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sitter in 1 portrait

Humphrey Johnson

active 1710-1713
Writing Master and Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Ernest Johnson

1858-1931
Logician
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Jones

1675-1749
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

W.P. Jones

Superintendent, Aerodynamics Division, National Physical Laboratory
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Kelland

1808-1879
Mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin

1824-1907
Mathematician, physicist and inventor
Sitter in 30 portraits

Sir Alfred Bray Kempe

1849-1922
Lawyer and mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Knox-Shaw

1886-1972
Mathematician; Fellow of Sidney Sussex College
Sitter in 3 portraits

Nicholas Kratzer

1487-?1550
Mathematician and astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Lambton

1756-1823
Soldier; Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Leslie

1766-1832
Scientist and mathematician
Sitter in 5 portraits

John Edensor Littlewood

1885-1977
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait