Karl Pearson, is rembered here as a towering figure in science and mathematics: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/karl-pearsons-gresham-lectures-on-geometry-1890-1894

Karl Pearson, as well as being the Gresham Professor of Geometry was also the author of nearly 400 works on mathematics, a socialist, the writer of a passion play, a technologist, an engineer, author of a romance novel, a germanophile, an engineer, an atheist and a feminist. Dr Eileen Magnello's lecture discusses the lectures, but also paints a picture of a dynamic man and electrifying educator who is completely at odds with modern conceptions of the Victorians.

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/karl-pearsons-gresham-lectures-on-geometry-1890-1894

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