Robert Russell (c. 1858–18 May 1938) was an Irish mathematician and academic at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), who served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics (1917–1921).
Robert Russell was born in Portadown, Armagh, and was educated at Santry School, Portarlington.
[1] He was awarded BA in mathematics (1880), became a Fellow a few years later, and got his MA (1888).
In 1887, he was elected a member of the London Mathematical Society.
[2] He spent his whole career at TCD, at various times serving as Junior Bursar, Junior Dean, Registrar of Chambers,[3] and from the early 1920s on, Senior Bursar.