Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on alexander mcaulay 's: - doctoral students - known for - fields - death date - workplaces - doctoral advisor - birth date - name - image size - footnotes - alma mater Bio: alexander mcaulay -lrb- 1863 -- 1931 -rrb- was an explorer of clifford biquaternion theory and was the first professor of mathematics and physics at the university of tasmania , hobart , tasmania . mcaulay was born december 9 , 1863 and attended kingswood school in bath . he proceeded to caius college , cambridge , there taking up a study of the quaternion algebra . in 1883 he published an article '' some general theorems in quaternion integration '' . mcaulay took his degree in 1886 , and began to reflect on the instruction of students in quaternion theory . in an article '' establishment of the fundamental properties of quaternions '' he suggested improvements to the texts then in use . he also wrote a technical article on integration . departing for australia , he lectured at ormond college , university of melbourne from 1893 to 1895 . as a distant correspondent , he participated in a vigorous debate about the place of quaternions in physics education . in 1893 his book '' utility of quaternions in physics '' was published . a. s. hathaway contributed a positive review and peter guthrie tait praised it in these terms : here , at last , we exclaim , is a man who has caught the full spirit of the quaternion system : the real '' aestus '' , the '' awen '' of the welsh bards , the '' divinus afflatus '' that transports the poet beyond the limits of sublunary things ! intuitively recognizing its power , he snatches up the magnificent weapon which hamilton tenders us all , and at once dashes off to the jungle on the quest of big game . mcaulay took up the position of professor of physics in tasmania from 1896 until 1929 , at which time his son alexander leicester mcaulay took over the position for the next thirty years . following william kingdon clifford who had extended quaternions to split-biquaternions , mcaulay made a special study of this hypercomplex number system . in 1898 mcaulay published , through cambridge university press , his '' octonions : a development of clifford 's biquaternions '' . mcaulay...
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- doctoral students is neville ronsley parsons- known for is work on quaternions- fields is mathematics and physics- death date is 6 july 1931- workplaces is university of tasmania university of melbourne- doctoral advisor is ernest rutherford- birth date is 9 december 1863- name is alexander mcaulay- image size is 300px- footnotes is he is the brother of francis macaulay .- alma mater is university of cambridge university of manchester