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Joseph Betts

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Joseph Betts
Born
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
Known forSavilian Professor of Geometry
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity College, Oxford

Joseph Betts was an English mathematician. He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford in 1765.[1]

Betts was an undergraduate and Fellow of University College, Oxford, where he was a tutor of William Jones.[2] He had previously sought election as Savilian Professor of Astronomy with the support of the Earl of Lichfield, the Earl of Halifax, and the Earl of Bute. He thanked his patrons for that failed attempt in the dedication to an engraving of the annular solar eclipse of 1 April 1764.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, Robin, ed. (2022). Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry: The First 400 Years. Oxford University Press. pp. 55, 71, 74–75, 93, 236, 261. ISBN 978-0198869030.
  2. ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin (2008). "13 – Glory and Decline: 1764–1807". A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press. pp. 274–278. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.
  3. ^ "Print (Engraving) of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1 April, 1764, by Joseph Betts, engraved by Cole, Oxford, c. 1764". UK: History of Science Museum, Oxford. Retrieved 3 May 2022.