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
Kit Culkin Kit Culkin Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin (born December 6, 1944) is an American stage actor and former manager. He is probably best known as the father of actors Macaulay Culkin, Rory Culkin and Kieran Culkin, and the brother of actress Bonnie Bedelia. Culkin was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, the son of Philip Harley Culkin (1898–1977), who was in public relations, and Marian Ethel (née Wagner) (1914–1964), a writer and editor. He and his sisters Candice and actress Bonnie were raised in New York City. He and his sister Bonnie took classes at School of American Ballet