{{short description|Scottish mathematician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=July 2018}} {{infobox scientist | name = Alexander Yule Fraser | box_size = | image = The Kennedy-Fraser grave, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh.jpg | image_size = | caption = Kennedy-Fraser grave in Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh | birth_date = {{birth date|1857|05|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1890|11|9|1857|05|3|df=y}} | death_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | spouse = [[Marjory Kennedy-Fraser]] | parents = | children = [[David Kennedy Fraser]]<br/>Helen Patuffa Hood | field = [[Mathematics]] | work_institutions = [[George Watson's College]] | alma_mater = [[University of Aberdeen]] | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | notable_students = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Founder of [[Edinburgh Mathematical Society]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = | religion = | signature = | foot_notes = }}
'''Alexander (Alec) Yule Fraser''' (1857–1890) was a Scottish [[mathematician]], one of the founders of the [[Edinburgh Mathematical Society]].
== Life and work == Fraser studied at the [[University of Aberdeen]]{{sfn | Mann | Craik | 2011 | p=99 }} where he graduated in 1881. After that, he was appointed Mathematical Master at [[George Watson's College]] ([[Edinburgh]]).{{sfn | Hartveit | 2011 | p=1 }} In 1889 he was appointed Headmaster at [[Allan Glen's School]] ([[Glasgow]]) but he remained only two months because a severe [[pleurisy]] forced him to leave Scotland going to [[South Africa]] in search of a better climate. Back to Scotland, his health deteriorated rapidly and died in Glasgow thirty three years old.
Alec married the singer [[Marjory Kennedy-Fraser]] in 1887 and they had a couple, David (1888–1962) and Helen Patuffa (1889–1967). [[David Kennedy Fraser]] became a psychologist, educator and amateur mathematician. Patuffa was a singer and musician, as her mother.
Fraser is mainly remembered for being one of the founding fathers of the [[Edinburgh Mathematical Society]].{{sfn | Hartveit | 2011 | p=12 }}
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== Bibliography == * {{cite thesis | last = Hartveit | first = Marit | title = The lesser names : the teachers of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and other aspects of Scottish mathematics, 1867–1946 | url = https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/1700 | language = | publisher = University of St. Andrews | volume = | issue = | year = 2011 | pages = | issn = | doi= | hdl = 10023/1700 | type = PhD Thesis }} * {{cite book | last1 = Mann | first1 = A.J.S. | last2 = Craik | first2 = A.D.D. | chapter = Scotland. Land of opportunity but few rewards | editor= Raymond Flood |editor-link=Raymond Flood (mathematician) |editor2=Adrian Rice |editor3=Robin Wilson |editor3-link=Robin Wilson (mathematician) | title = Mathematics in Victorian Britain | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YruifIx88AQC | date = 2011 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = | pages = 77–102 | isbn = 978-0-19-960139-4 }}
== External links == * {{MacTutor|id=Fraser}}
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