Person:Charles McCay (2)

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Charles Francis McCay, LL.D.
b.8 May 1810 Danville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
d.13 Mar 1889 Baltimore City, Maryland, United States
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  1. Charles Francis McCay, LL.D.1810 - 1889
  2. Henry Kent McCay, Esq.1820 - 1886
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Name[1] Charles Francis McCay, LL.D.
Gender Male
Birth[3] 8 May 1810 Danville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Graduation[3] 1829 Canonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania, United Statesage 19 - valedictorian, Jefferson College
Graduation[2] 1857 LL.D., College of NJ Law School
Death[2][4] 13 Mar 1889 Baltimore City, Maryland, United States
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  • mathematician
  • professor, University of Georgia
  • 1839 - his books and papers were burned
  • 1855-1857 - 7th president of South Carolina College
  • successful banker and insurance agent in Augusta, GA for 10 years
  • noted insurance actuary who developed the first usable mortality table in the US
  • consulting actuary in Baltimore, MD for his last 20 years
References
  1. ↑ White, James Terry. The National cyclopædia of American biography: being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state. (New York: J.T. White, 1893 - )
    11:34.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charles F. McCay, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    includes sources, last accessed Jun 2025.

    Charles F. McCay (1810–1889) was an American professor and college administrator. ...

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mathematical Backwoodsman of the West: Charles Francis McCay , in The Georgia historical quarterly. (Savannah, Georgia: Georgia Historical Society)
    67:2 (Summer, 1983):206-214.
  4. ↑ Book reviews - The life of Charles Francis McCay, in Actuary
    24:7 (Jul/Aug 1990):16.
  5.   Coffin, Selden Jennings; William B. (William Baxter) Owen; and Alden March. The men of Lafayette, 1826-1893: Lafayette college, its history, its men, their record. (Easton, Pennsylvania: George W. West, 1891)
    125.

    CHARLES FRANCIS McCAY, LL. D.,
    Prof, of Maths., Nat. Philosophy and Astronomy, 1832-’33.
    b. Danville, March 8, 1810;
    grad. Jefferson Coll. ’29 ;
    Prof. Maths, and Civil Engineering, Univ. Ga., ’34-53,
    Prof, and Pres. Coll, of S. C., ’54-7;
    LL. D., Princeton ’57;
    member of the Executive Comm, on Sustentation and For. Missions of the Southern Presb. Gen. Assembly;
    author of “Lectures on Calculus” and “Civil Engineering.”
    Since ’58 in insurance and banking ;
    since ’72 resident of Baltimore, Md.

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