Thomas Harlin
1832–1913
Irish mathematician and headmaster. BA, Cambridge, 1856. Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1858. Author of books on Euclid and algebra. Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Emigrated to Australia in 1866. Mathematics master, Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland. First headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, 1869–75.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
Australia, newspaper vital notices, 1831–2001 (Ancestry.com, accessed 16 August 2019)
R. D. Goodman, ‘Thomas Harlin, headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School’, Australian Journal of Education 12 (1968): 294–302
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
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