Miles Bland
Miles Bland was an English cleric and mathematician.
Life
Bland was educated at Sedbergh School and thereafter at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1808, as second wrangler and Smith's prizeman. He was then elected fellow and tutor of his college, and acted as moderator and public examiner in mathematics.Bland became rector of Lilley, Hertfordshire, in 1823, and a prebendary of Wells Cathedral in 1826, when he proceeded D.D. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and of the Royal Astronomical Society. He died 27 December 1867 in Ramsgate, Kent.
Works
Bland's main works were:- Geometrical Problems... from the first six books of Euclid... with the elements of Plane Trigonometry, Cambridge, 1819, 2nd edit. 1821, 3rd edit. 1827.
- Algebraical Problems, a schoolbook, first published in 1812, 9th edit. 1849.
- The Elements of Hydrostatics, 1824, 1827.
- Annotations on the Historical Books of the New Testament; vol. i. St. Matthew's Gospel, vol. ii. St. Mark's Gospel, Mechanical and Philosophical Problems,' 1830.