George Duthie

George Duthie FRSE (4 March 1865 – 14 June 1921) was a Scottish mathematician, educator and colonial administrator. He served as Inspector General of Education for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the early 20th century.

Life

Duthie was born in Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland to George Forsyth Duthie and Mary Campbell.Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005 In 1899, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Chrystal, John Sturgeon Mackay, Peter Guthrie Tait and Andrew Beatson Bell.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=1 April 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

In 1900 he is listed as a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and served as their president in 1901.{{Cite journal|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPEM%2FPEM19%2FS001309150003248Xa.pdf&code=48e16dec976304bf1339879b90c07d0c|doi = 10.1017/S001309150003248X|title = PEM volume 19 Back matter and figures|journal = Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society|year = 1900|volume = 19|pages = b1|doi-access = free}}

In Rhodesia, his role as Director of Education also held the responsibility of Government Statistician, Registrar General and Keeper of the National Census.The Rulers of British Africa 1870-1914, Lewis H Gann and Peter Guignan

He died in 1921 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936

Memorials

Duthie House at Chaplin High School in Zimbabwe is named after him.

Publications

Duthie wrote the section on Rhodesia in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:George_Duthie|title=George Duthie - Wikisource, the free online library}}

References

Category:1865 births

Category:1921 deaths

Category:People from Aberdeen

Category:Scottish educators

Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Category:People from Southern Rhodesia