Henry Hickman Harte

Who was Henry Hickman Harte?

Henry Hickman Harte, was an Irish mathematician.

Harte was the son of a solicitor, and born in the county of Limerick, Ireland, in 1790. He obtained a scholarship in 1809, and a fellowship ten years later at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1831 Harte accepted the college living of Cappagh, diocese of Derry, co. Tyrone; and died on Sunday, 5 April 1848, having preached on the same day in his church, where he was also buried. Harte was author of a translation of La Place's Système du Monde, to which work he added 'Mathematical Proofs and Explanatory Remarks,' Dublin, 1830. He also published a translation of Poisson's Mécanique, with Notes, 2 vols. London, 1842, 8vo, and commenced another of La Place's Mécanique Céleste.