Alexander Anderson 12 May 1858-September 1934 was an Irish physicist and President of Queen's College Galway, later University College Galway, from 1899 until 1934. May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway) can trace its existence to 1845 as Queens College, Galway and was known until recently as University College, Galway (UCG) and is located in Galway, Ireland. ... The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh) can trace its existence to 1845 as Queens College, Galway and was known until recently as University College, Galway (UCG) and is located in Galway, Ireland. ...

Alexander Anderson was born on 12 May 1858, the son of Daniel Anderson, of Camus, Coleraine, County Londonderry. He was educated at Queen's College Galway, where he won a first-year scolarship in the Science Division of the Faculty of Arts and the Sir Robert Peel Prize in Geometry in 1876. He was awarded gold medals on the results of his B.A. examination in 1880, and his M.A. examination in 1881. He won first place in an open examination for a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1881. There, he was Goldsmith Exhibitioner for 1882, and graduated sixth wrangler in 1884. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ... This is about the British Prime Minister. ... Full name Sidney Sussex College Motto Dieu me garde de calomnie God preserve me from calumny Named after Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex Previous names - Established 1596 Sister College St Johns College Master Prof. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ...

In 1885, Anderson returned to Queen's College Galway, where he was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy, a post he held until 1934. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal University of Ireland in 1886, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1891. He was appointed President of Queen's College Galway on the resignation of Professor W.J.M. Starkie in 1899. Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature, known in Latin as philosophia naturalis, is a term applied to the objective study of nature and the physical universe that was regnant before the development of modern science. ... The Royal University of Ireland was founded in accordance with the University Education (Ireland) Act 1879 as an examination and degree awarding university based on the model of the University of London. ...

Anderson was conferred with an honorary L.L.D. by the University of Glasgow in 1901. He served as a Senator of both the Royal University of Ireland, and its successor, the National University of Ireland, and as a member of the Dublin Commissioners appointed under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. He was Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Ireland in 1915 and 1920. The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The National University of Ireland (NUI) is a federal university system of constituent universities, previously called constituent colleges, and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997. ...

Anderson married Miss Emily Binns, of Galway. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

He retired as President of the College in 1934, and died in September 1936.

Sources

• Obituary, The Irish Times, 7 September 1938
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