Edward Sang

Prof Edward Sang LLD FRSE FRSSA (30 January 1805 Kirkcaldy, Scotland – 23 December 1890 Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician, best known for having computed large tables of logarithms, with the help of two of his daughters. These tables went beyond the tables of Henry Briggs, Adriaan Vlacq, and Gaspard de Prony.

Sang was the son of Edward Sang, Provost of Kirkcaldy and his wife, Jean Nicol. He was born on 30 January 1805. He attended the Subscription School in Kirkcaldy and from there attended Edinburgh University.

In the 1830s he is listed as a teacher of mathematics living at 32 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in May 1836. In 1884 he was awarded their Makdougall-Brisbane Prize. He served as their Vice President 1883 to 1885

In 1841 he took the role of Professor of Mechanical Science at Manchester New College. In 1854 he briefly served as Professor of Mechanical Science in Constantinople. He returned to Edinburgh in 1854 to again teach Mathematics.

He was President of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts 1857-58.

In 1884 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Sang died at his home, 31 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh Newington on 23 December 1890.

He is buried with his wife and children in Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh. The grave can be found when entering from Dalkeith road, near the cemetery lodge, and then going straight for about 50 meters until meeting a circular plot of graves. Sang's grave is slightly towards the left, on the second circle from the outside. The inscription on the tombplate is

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