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An Introduction to the Biography of Mehmed Emin Pasha, a Mathematician and Director of the Military Academy, Istanbul

Atilla Polat

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. 

Keywords: Mehmed Emin Pasha, Mekteb-i Harbiye, Calculus of Variations, Cambridge University
DOI :10.26650/oba.554557   IUP :10.26650/oba.554557    Full Text (PDF)

Mekteb-i Harbiye Nazırlarından Matematikçi Mehmed Emin Paşa’nın Biyografisine Giriş

Atilla Polat

Mehmed Emin [Paşa], 1251 (1835) senesinde tahsil için İngiltere’ye gönderilen subaylardandır. Cambridge’de matematik eğitimi almış ve Cambridge Üniversitesi’nden mezun olduktan sonra, varyasyon hesabı (hisab-ı tebeddülat) üzerine İngilizce olarak kısa bir çalışma hazırlamıştır. Füzeler üzerine olan bir çalışmasını ise Fransa’da bastırmıştır. Yurda döndüğünde Mekteb-i Harbiye Nazırı olarak 1841-1846 yıllarında görev yapan Mehmed Emin Paşa 1851’de kurulan Encümen-i Dâniş’in de üyelerindendir. Bu çalışmada Mehmed Emin Paşa hakkında yeni bulunan bilgiler verilecek ve bunun yanında Mehmed Esad ve Salih Zeki’nin onun hakkında yazdıkları biyografilerin Latin harflerine çevirileri okuyucuya sunulacaktır. 

Keywords: Mehmed Emin Paşa, Mekteb-i Harbiye, Hisab-ı Tebeddülat, Varyasyonlar Hesabı, Cambridge Üniversitesi

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