John McWhan FRSE (1885-1943) was a Scottish mathematician and academic.
He was born in Cambuslang on 22 January 1885 the son of Maggie and John McWhan, headmaster of the local school.
He won a bursary and then studied Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Glasgow University graduating MA in 1907.
He then went under a further scholarship to the University of Göttingen under Carl Runge where he gained a doctorate (PhD) in 1910.
[2] He died at 37 Airthrey Avenue in Jordanhill, in Glasgow on 14 July 1943.