Editing Harold Jeffreys (section)

==Education==
Jeffreys was born in [[Fatfield]], County Durham, England, the son of Robert Hal Jeffreys, headmaster of Fatfield Church School, and his wife, Elizabeth Mary Sharpe, a school teacher.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was educated at his father's school and at Rutherford Technical College, then studied at [[Colleges of Durham University#Colleges in Newcastle (Armstrong College and King's College)|Armstrong College]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (at that time part of the [[Durham University|University of Durham]]) and with the [[University of London External Programme]].<ref name="The Papers of Harold Jeffreys">{{cite web|title=Papers and Correspondence of Sir Harold Jeffreys|url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FJeffreys%2FA118-A127|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918091021/https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FJeffreys%2FA118-A127|archive-date=18 September 2018|access-date=17 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="DNB">Cook, Alan [rev.], [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40027 "Jeffreys, Sir Harold (1891–1989)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2023. {{subscription required}}</ref> 

Jeffreys subsequently won a scholarship to study the [[Mathematical Tripos]] at [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he established a reputation as an excellent student: obtaining first-class marks for his papers in Part One of the Tripos, he was a [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] in Part Two, and in 1915 he was awarded the prestigious [[Smith's Prize]].<ref name="DNB"/>