Mehmed Emin [Pasha] was among those young Turkish officers who were sent to England to receive military education in 1835. Besides being trained in the military arts, he studied mathematics at Cambridge University. Following his graduation from the university, he compiled a treatise titled An Introduction to the Calculus of Variations. He also published in France a study on the mathematical principles of missiles under the title Mémoire sur un nouveau système de confection des fusées de guerre. On his return to Turkey he was appointed director of the Turkish Military Academy (1841-1846). He was also a member of the Ottoman Academy of Sciences (Encümen-i Dâniş), established in 1851. The present article aims to provide newly disclosed biographical information about Mehmed Emin Pasha and to give the transliterations of his two previous biographies in Ottoman Turkish, written by Mehmed Esad and Salih Zeki.
Mehmed Emin [Pasha] was among those young Turkish officers who were sent to England to receive military education in 1835. Besides being trained in the military arts, he studied mathematics at Cambridge University. Following his graduation from the university, he compiled a treatise titled An Introduction to the Calculus of Variations. He also published in France a study on the mathematical principles of missiles under the title Mémoire sur un nouveau système de confection des fusées de guerre. On his return to Turkey he was appointed director of the Turkish Military Academy (1841-1846). He was also a member of the Ottoman Academy of Sciences, established in 1851. The present article aims to provide newly disclosed biographical information about Mehmed Emin Pasha and to give the transliterations of his two previous biographies in Ottoman Turkish, written by Mehmed Esad and Salih Zeki.
Alan : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
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