S. L. Loney

Who was S. L. Loney?

Sidney Luxton Loney, M.A. was sometime Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey., and a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He authored a number of mathematics texts, some of which have been reprinted numerous times. He is known as an early influence on Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Loney was educated at Maidstone Grammar School, in Tonbridge and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as 3rd Wrangler in 1882.

He has authored numerous books on mathematics. His book "The elements of statics and dynamics", published in 1897, still happens to be the only reference book on the subject used across various universities in south India.