6th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office 1909–1920
Preceded by
Arthur Amos Noyes (acting)
Succeeded by
Elihu Thomson (acting)
Personal details
Born
(1870-06-05)June 5, 1870 Selkirk, Scotland
Died
January 15, 1920(1920-01-15) (aged 49) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater
Auckland University College (B.Sc. (Hons), Mathematics, 1890) BA, 1895 (12th wrangler); LL.D., 1904, St John's College, University of Cambridge.[1]
Awards
Smith's Prize (1898)
Signature
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin (/ˈkoʊbərn/KOH-bərn; June 5, 1870 – January 15, 1920)[2][3] was a Scottish-born U.S. educator and mathematical physicist. He was made president of MIT in 1909, and held the position until his death in 1920.
During his tenure as president of MIT, the Institute moved across the Charles River from Boston to its present campus in Cambridge. In Maclaurin's honor, the buildings that surround Killian Court on the oldest part of the campus are sometimes called the Maclaurin Buildings.
Earlier, he was a foundation professor of the then Victoria College of the University of New Zealand from 1899 to 1907. A collection of lecture theatres at the Kelburn campus of that university were named after him. He was also a professor at Columbia University from 1907 to 1908.
^"Maclaurin, Richard Cockburn (MLRN892RC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^Goodwin, H. M. (1935). "Richard Cockburn Maclaurin (1870–1920)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 69 (13): 518–521. JSTOR 20023089.
^"MACLAURIN, Richard Cockburn : (1870–1920) : University teacher and administrator", the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 22 April 2009.
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