Francis Sowerby Macaulay 1885 to 1911. His students included J. E. Littlewood and G. N. Watson. In 1928 Macaulay was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Francis Sowerby Macaulay Francis Sowerby Macaulay FRS (11 February 1862, Witney – 9 February 1937, Cambridge) was an English mathematician who made significant contributions to algebraic geometry. He is known for his 1916 book "The Algebraic Theory of Modular Systems" (an old term for ideals), which greatly influenced the later course of commutative algebra. Cohen–Macaulay rings, Macaulay duality, the Macaulay resultant and the Macaulay and Macaulay2 computer algebra systems are named for Macaulay. Macaulay was educated at
Michael Culkin Michael Culkin Michael Culkin is an Irish theatre, film, and television actor probably best known for his role as Judge Buller in the BBC drama "Garrow's Law". He appeared as Rab Butler in both seasons of "The Crown", in "The Iron Lady" with Meryl Streep, opposite Johnny Depp in "Mortdecai" and with Hugh Grant in "A Very English Scandal" playing the Conservative politician Reginald Maudling. He appeared in two seasons of "Poldark" as Horace Treneglos and will return in the fourth season. He has extensive BBC and ITV Television credits as well as work at the National Theatre and in