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Maclaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (7)

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Colin MacLaurin was a Scottish mathematician . He attended the University of Glasgow and was professor of mathematics at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh.

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Maclaurin, Colin (3)

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Epithet: of Edinburgh Epithet: FRS; mathematician

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Maclaurin, Colin, active 1736-1749, Professor at Edinburgh (3)

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Epithet: Professor at Edinburgh

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MacLaurin, E. C. B. (Evan Colin Briarcliffe) (2)

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Colin MacLaurin, 1698-1746 (1)

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Maclaurin, Colin; Russell, John (1)

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Mathematician and natural philosopher Colin MacLaurin was born in Kilmodan, Glendaruel, in Argyllshire, on February 1698. He was educated in Dumbarton and studied at Glasgow University where he showed an early mastery of mathematics. On being awarded his MA he briefly studied Divinity. In 1717 he became Professor of Mathematics at Marischal College, Aberdeen. In 1719 he visited London, meeting Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and becoming a member of the Royal Society. On a second visit in 1721 h...

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Maclaurin, R. Colin, 1914-1959 (1)

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Richard Colin Maclaurin, 1914-1959, was an administrative officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was the son of MIT President Richard Cockburn Maclaurin. He received a bachelor of science from Harvard University in 1938. At MIT, he served as personnel officer from 1946 to 1954, director of general services from 1954 to 1958, and assistant to the chancellor from 1958 to 1959.

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Colin Maclaurin, 1698-1746, mathematician, Marischal College, Aberdeen, and University of Edinburgh (1)

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Colin Maclaurin was born in 1698, third son of John Maclaurin, minister of Kilmodan, Argyll. His father died in his infancy, and his early years were spent under the charge of his uncle, Daniel Maclaurin, minister of Kilfinan, Argyll. He was educated at Glasgow University from 1709, where he excelled in mathematics and natural sciences. In 1717 he was appointed professor of mathematics at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and in 1725, became deputy to Professor James Gregory (1753 - 1...

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Maclaurin Colin 1698-1746 mathematician and natural philosopher Professor of Mathematics, Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1717-1725, and Edinburgh University, 1725-1746 (1)

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