Henry Gordon Dawson (2 August 1862 in Omagh, County Tyrone – 22 February 1918 in Hastings, East Sussex) was an Irish mathematician.
The Dawson function is named after him.
[1] Dawson was educated at Trinity College Dublin (BA 1882, 1st Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist)[2] and at Christ's College, Cambridge (BA as 19th wrangler 1886, MA 1890).
[3] His career included stints as Mathematical Lecturer at Cambridge (at least 1888–94) and at Firth College, Sheffield (1901–10).
He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy.