George Duthie

George Duthie FRSE (died 1921) was a Scottish mathematician, educator and colonial administrator. He served as Inspector General of Education for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the early 20th century.

Life

In 1899 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Chrystal, John Sturgeon Mackay, Peter Guthrie Tait and Andrew Beatson Bell.[1] In 1900 he is listed as a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and served as their President in 1901.[2]

In Rhodesia, his role as Director of Education also held the responsibility of Government Statistician, Registrar General and Keeper of the National Census.[3]

He died in 1921.

Memorials

Duthie House at Chaplin High School in Zimbabwe is named after him.

Publications

Duthie wrote the section on Rhodesia in the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.[4]

References

  1. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ↑ http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPEM%2FPEM19%2FS001309150003248Xa.pdf&code=48e16dec976304bf1339879b90c07d0c
  3. ↑ The Rulers of British Africa 1870-1914, Lewis H Gann and Peter Guignan
  4. ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:George_Duthie


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