What is recorded here

Harper lived there before the Somme took him at thirty-six. A mathematician and aeronautical theorist, he died July 10th, 1916. The blue plaque at 3 Northland Place still points to that house, keeping his name out of the swallowed lists.

This blue commemorative plaque records: Edgar Henry Harper 1880-1916 mathematician, aeronautical theorist died July 10th 1916, the Somme lived here Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.

Edgar Henry Harper was a mathematician and aeronautical theorist who contributed to early aviation science; he died during World War I service at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

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