William John Greenstreet
Born	(1861-08-18)18 August 1861 Shorncliffe Army Camp,Folkestone,Kent
Died	28 June 1930(1930-06-28) (aged 68) Burghfield Common,West Berkshire
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Spouse	Ethel de Medina Spender
Parent(s)	Thomas Greenstreet and Catherine S Greenstreet
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Marling School

William John Greenstreet (1861–1930) was an Englishmathematician who was editor ofThe Mathematical Gazette for more than thirty years.^[1]

Greenstreet was son of a Royal Artillery's Sergeant. He was educated atSouthwark and he enteredSt John's College, Cambridge in 1879, graduating there in 1883. Then he was mathematics professor in different schools inFramlingham,East Riding andCardiff before he became Head Master atMarling School in 1891. In 1910 he retired toBurghfield Common with the intention of devoting to literary work.^[2]

Greenstreet was founding member of theMathematical Association^{[dubious –discuss]} and he started the Association's Library given a large collection of books.^[3]

• Goodstein, R.L. (1974)."The Mathematical Association Library at the University of Leicester".The British Journal for the History of Science.7 (1):100–103.doi:10.1017/S0007087400013066.ISSN 0007-0874.S2CID 144469175.
• Macaulay, I.F.S.; Neville, E.H.; Pendlebury, C.; Spender, J.A.; Anderson, W.C.F. (1930). "Obituary: W. J. Greenstreet".The Mathematical Gazette.15 (209):181–186.doi:10.1017/S0025557200137258.ISSN 0025-5572.JSTOR 3605787.S2CID 185174470.

• O'Connor, John J.;Robertson, Edmund F.,"William John Greenstreet",MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive,University of St Andrews

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