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Colin Maclaurin was the name used for the new Mathematics and Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics Building at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. French edition of the Treatise of algebra (1748) French edition of the Account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries (1749)
The Scottish Enlightenment (Scots: Scots Enlichtenment, Scottish Gaelic: Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century, Scotland had a network of parish schools in the Scottish Lowlands and five universities.
William Wishart (1691–1753), leading church minister and principal of the University of Edinburgh Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746) , philosopher and the greatest Scottish mathematician of his day George Young (1692–1757), surgeon and philosopher and the only surgeon known to have joined the society
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin (/ ˈkoʊbərn / KOH-bərn; June 5, 1870 – January 15, 1920) [2][3] was a Scottish -born U.S. educator and mathematical physicist. He was made president of MIT in 1909, and held the position until his death in 1920. During his tenure as president of MIT, the Institute moved across the Charles River from Boston to ...
The following list of University of Glasgow people provides a selection of the well-known people who have studied or taught at the University of Glasgow since its inception in 1451. Historical lists of chancellors , rectors and principals of the university are contained in those offices' respective articles.
The University of Aberdeen has produced leading figures in the UK, Scottish, and foreign governments, including the Lord Chancellor George Gordon, [1] former Counsellor of State William Barclay, the former Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael, former Secretary of State for Scotland, George Mackenzie, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, the former Paymaster ...
Colin Maclaurin: 1698–1746 mathematician Maclaurin series developer Anna MacGillivray Macleod: 1917–2004 botanist, biochemist, professor of brewing John Macleod: 1876–1935 biochemist, physiologist Nobel Prize laureate, 1923 John George Macleod: 1915–2006 physician author of medical books William Maclure: 1760–1843 geologist Sheina ...
He was a native of Dumfries, and was educated at the university of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself in mathematics, and was the pupil and friend of Colin Maclaurin. In 1729, he was appointed tutor to John Forbes, only son of Lord-president Duncan Forbes of Culloden, and visited with him Orleans, Montauban, Rome, and other continental ...