In 1809 Hustler graduated M.A., and he graduated B.D. in 1816.[1]Henry Gage, 4th Viscount Gage entered Trinity College in 1811, and graduated M.A. in 1812; he went on to write some mathematical works.[9] Hustler was appointed his domestic chaplain in 1813.[10] In 1813, also, Hustler became tutor to
Spencer Perceval the younger.[11]
Trinity tutor
Hustler was an assistant tutor at Trinity 1811–1813, and then tutor 1813–1823.[12] His period as a tutor overlapped with the years 1815–1825 that have been dubbed the "analytical revolution" at Cambridge. In the teaching and examining of the
infinitesimal calculus, the notations and ideas of
Gottfried Leibniz were introduced, alongside those traditionally taught of
Isaac Newton.[13]
As a tutor, Hustler diverted
George Airy away from applying to
Peterhouse, which had been recommended by
Thomas Clarkson, a friend of Hustler's, and taught him at Trinity.[14] Airy had been taught by a master at his school in
Colchester, Thomas Rogers (1789–1860), a graduate from
Sidney Sussex College in 1811, covering the university topics to
fluxions and the Principia. Hustler and his tutorial assistant
George Peacock were in 1819 passed work by Airy.[15][16] In 1820, Hustler arranged an
exhibition (minor scholarship) for Airy, via the Norwich Member of Parliament
William Smith.[17]
Peacock then gave Airy special teaching in the contemporary calculus methods, and Airy responded by working over results of
Samuel Vince and
Robert Woodhouse.[15] When Airy began experimenting with the
Argand diagram in 1820, Peacock encouraged him in linking it to
trigonometry, but Hustler disapproved.[17]
In 1822, Hustler intervened to place Airy and some of his peers, ahead of the usual schedule, in the "questionist" group of those being prepared for the final stage of the
Mathematical Tripos. There was resistance from the more senior students. The accelerated group was then taught separately, by Peacock.[15]
As a benefactor, Hustler gave a
paten to Fornham All Saints, and an organ to St John's Church, Bury St Edmunds, built 1840–1.[18][19]
Works
The Elements of Conic Sections: with the sections of conoids (1st edition 1818, 2nd edition 1820, 3rd edition 1826), anonymous.[20][21] A revised edition of 1845 was published under Hustler's name.[22]
A Sermon preached [...] the first Sunday after the funeral of [...] George Henry Duke of Grafton (1844)[23]
Unity in the Church: A Sermon Preached at Ixworth on Monday, May 21st, 1849 (1849)[24]
Family
Hustler married Elizabeth Mansel, daughter of
William Lort Mansel, in 1823.[25] Of their children:
James Devereux Hustler, the eldest son, married in 1852 Isabella Carruthers, eldest daughter of George Edwardes Carruthers, a surgeon, and Anne Smith, daughter of
Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet.[26][27]
Spencer William Hustler, married in 1854 Anne Leach, eldest daughter of the Rev. Francis George Leach of Stackpole.[28]
Elizabeth Juliana, married in 1855 James Robertson Bryant of Pembroke as his second wife.[29]
Augusta Frederica, the youngest daughter, married in 1856 the Rev. Owen Jones.[30] In 1888 their daughter Elizabeth Frederica Isabella Owen married the Rev. William Howard Coates, son of William Henry Coates and his wife
Elizabeth Youatt.[31]
Portraits of their children were painted in 1833 by
Samuel Lane.[32]