William Esson
William Esson, FRS was a British mathematician.
Early life
He was born in Carnoustie, Scotland.Esson attended St John's [College, Oxford|St John's College], Oxford.
Career
He then became a Fellow of Merton College. In 1892, he became the Savilian [Professor of Geometry] at the University of Oxford, based at New College. He worked on problems in chemistry with Augustus [George Vernon Harcourt].In 1869 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1895 delivered, jointly with Harcourt, their Bakerian Lecture on the Laws of Connexion between the Conditions of a Chemical Change and its Amount. III. Further Researches on the Reaction of Hydrogen Dioxide and Hydrogen Iodide.
He was on the governing body of Abingdon School until 1900.