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Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1877; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Carlyle held mathematics teaching positions at two locations:
- Annan: In 1814, he secured a post teaching mathematics at the academy in Annan.1
- Kirkcaldy: In 1816, he moved to a school in Kirkcaldy, where he taught alongside the preacher Edward Irving.1