Background
GERRANS, Henry Tresawna was born on August 23, 1858 in Plymouth. Son of Sampson Tresawna Gerrans and Jane, daughter of Robert Dunn.
GERRANS, Henry Tresawna was born on August 23, 1858 in Plymouth. Son of Sampson Tresawna Gerrans and Jane, daughter of Robert Dunn.
Studied at Cheltenham and Bristol Grammar Schools. Christ Church, Oxford. Junior and Senior Mathematical Scholar.
1st class in Mathematics, Moderations (Oxford), and Greats. 2nd class in Natural Science. Junior Student, Christ Church, 1877.
Master of Arts.
Fellow, Worcester College, 1882. Pro-proctor, 1889; Assistant - Commissioner to Mr. Bryce’s Royal Commission, 1894.
Proctor, 1895; Member of Hebdomadal Council. Curator of Taylor Institution. Delegate of the Oxford University Press, Museum, Local Examinations, Day Training College and for Training of Secondary Teachers and University Extension.
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the Chemical Society, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Member of the London Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association, the Physical Society, the American Mathematical Society, the Socidte mathematique de France, and the Circolo matematico di Palermo. Fellow and Lecturer, sometime Bursar and Tutor, Worcester College, Oxford; Secretary to the Delegates of Local Examinations since 1887.
Clubs : Savile, Royal Societies.