Nicholas Saunderson: Lectures 1737

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Nicholas Saunderson: Lectures 1737

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Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

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Saunderson, Nicholas, 1682-1739

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Saunderson, Nicholas

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Nicholas Saunderson or Sanderson (1682-1739), mathematician, was born in January 1682 at Thurlston, near Penniston, Yorkshire. He lost his eyes when twelve months old as the result of an attack of smallpox. He attended Penniston school, where he learnt classics and developed a knowledge of French, Latin and Greek. Thereafter he studied mathematics at home, before moving to Cambridge in 1707, where he resided at Christ's College with Joshua Dunn, a fellow-commoner. Saunderson gave lectures at Cam...