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• George Skerry — George Edward Skerry was a mathematician and publisher of commercial arithmetic texts. In 1878 Skerry s College, Edinburgh, was founded. Mainly preparing candidates for Civil Service Examinations, [Holmberg, 1986:8; Verduin, 1991:16] they also… …   Wikipedia

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