George Harvey

George Harvey, Esq., (died 29 October 1834) was an English mathematician, known for his scientific and engineering writings, on meteorology, ship building, and colour blindness. Life Harvey was based in Plymouth, where he trained as a physician before specialising in mathematics. He tutored William Yolland in mathematics. Later he became a lecturer in mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Around 1826 his name was mentioned in correspondence about a professorial post at the University of Virginia, between Francis Walker Gilmer and Peter Barlow. The chair went in the end to Charles Bonnycastle. Harvey became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1824 his proposer being Thomas Frederick Colby. Next year he became Fellow of the Royal Society of London. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Geological Society and Linnaean Society.