William Davidson Niven

| birth_place = Peterhead, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = Sidcup; England | resting_place = Peterhead Old Churchyard | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | field = Mathematics | work_institutions = Royal Naval College, Greenwich | alma_mater = University of Aberdeen
Trinity College, Cambridge | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | notable_students = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Editor of James Clerk Maxwell's papers | prizes = | religion = | signature = | foot_notes = }} Sir William Davidson Niven (24 March 1842 – 29 May 1917) was a Scottish mathematician and electrical engineer.

After an early teaching career at Cambridge, Niven was Director of Studies at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, for thirty years. Provided by Wikipedia