Robert Richard Anstice
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First page of the second part of the article On a problem of combinations (1853) from the Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal.
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| Born |
April 9, 1813 Madeley, Shropshire, England |
| Died | December 17, 1853 (aged 40) Wigginton, Hertfordshire, England |
| Resting place | St. Michael's Church, Madeley, Shropshire 52°38′01″N 2°27′00″W / 52.633738°N 2.449895°W |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Known for | Combinatorics |
| Influenced | Thomas Kirkman |
Robert Richard Anstice (1813–1853) was an English clergyman and mathematician who wrote two remarkable papers on combinatorics, published the same year he died in the Cambridge and Dublin mathematical journal. He pioneered the use of primitive roots in this field, anticipating the work of Eugen Netto on Steiner's triplets.
Anstice studied at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated in 1835, receiving a Master's in 1837. Nothing is known about his life in the next ten years. In 1846, he was ordained priest, and in the following year he became rector of Wigginton, Hertfordshire. He died there in 1853
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