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
Francis D. Culkin 1928 until his death in Oswego, New York on August 4, 1943. Culkin died as the result of histoplasmosis, a rare tropical disease he was believed to have contracted while on a trip to South America in 1938. He was buried at St. Paul’s Cemetery in Oswego. A World War II Liberty ship was named for Culkin. Culkin Hall at the State University of New York at Oswego was named for him. Culkin's Oswego law firm is still in operation as Amdursky, Pelky, Fennell & Wallen P.C. Francis D. Culkin Francis Dugan Culkin (November 10, 1874 – August 4, 1943)