Edward John Nanson, 1850-1936, was born in England and received his professional education at Trinity College from 1870-1874. In 1875 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia where he immigrated. He is known for devising Nanson's method (1), a variation of the Borda count using successive elimination down to the winner. Nanson was an election reformer who produced several booklets on Election methods. He retired from his lifetime appointment in 1922. At the time of his death, he was survived by ten children from two marriages. The Professor Nanson Prize was named in his honour, which is annually awarded to students for outstanding achievements in pure and applied mathematics. Image File history File links Ejnanson155x273. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... There are several well-known bodies of this name (some independent institutions, others constituent colleges of a larger University); among the most well-known are: Trinity College, Cambridge (one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom) Trinity College, Dublin (sole constituent college of the... The University of Melbourne   The Old Quad Building, formerly Old Law The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia, behind the University of Sydney, and is one of the countrys most prestigious universities. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Borda count can be combined with an Instant Runoff procedure to create hybrid election methods that are called Nanson method and Baldwin method. ... The Borda count is a voting system used for single-winner elections in which each voter rank-orders the candidates. ...

External links

• Australian electoral reform and two concepts of representation An article discussing Nanson's work by Iain McLean.

Footnotes

1. "Methods of Election" Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 18; 1882; pages 197-240; #954.