Records of William Orr on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of William Orr in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Orr and the Orr Family History

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Orr Family Tree Databases

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Some Famous People called William Orr

William McFadden Orr

William McFadden Orr, FRS (2 May 1866 – 14 August 1934) was a British and Irish mathematician.

He was born in Comber, County Down and educated at Methodist College Belfast and Queen's College, Belfast under John Purser, before entering St John's College, Cambridge and graduating as Senior Wrangler in 1888. He was elected a fellow of his college, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1909.

He was appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal College of Science for Ireland in 1892 and professor of pure mathematics and applied mathematics when the college merged with University College Dublin in 1926. He retired in 1933 and died in 1934, and is interred in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.

Source: William McFadden Orr, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Orr

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