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Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Born in Argyll, he was educated at the University of Glasgow under the doctoral advisor Robert Simson. He held positions at Marischal College and the University of Edinburgh. MacLaurin was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and he received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society.
His notable works include *A treatise of algebra*, *A treatise of practical geometry, in three parts*, *Traité d'algebre*, *Traité des fluxions*, and *An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries*. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection. MacLaurin died in Edinburgh on 14 June 1746 due to edema and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1698
- Died
- 1746
- Works
- 26
Top works
- A treatise of algebra
- A treatise of practical geometry, in three parts
- Traité d'algebre
- Traité des fluxions
- An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries
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Key facts
- Born
- February 1698, Kilmodan , Cowal , Argyll , Scotland
- Died
- 14 June 1746 (aged 48), Edinburgh , Scotland
- Citizenship
- Great Britain
- Alma mater
- University of Glasgow
- Known for
- Euler–Maclaurin formula , Maclaurin's inequality , Maclaurin series , Maclaurin spheroid , Maclaurin–Cauchy test , Braikenridge–Maclaurin theorem , Trisectrix of Maclaurin
- Awards
- Grand Prize of the French Academy of Sciences
- Fields
- Mathematician
- Institutions
- Marischal College , University of Aberdeen , University of Edinburgh
- Academic advisors
- Robert Simson
- Notable students
- Robert Adam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Simson
- Doctoral student
- James Hutton
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Maclaurin Colin engraving.jpg
- Residence
- Scotland
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- place of burial
- Greyfriars Kirkyard
- Commons category
- Colin Maclaurin
- date of birth
- 1698-02-00
- date of death
- 1746-06-14
- member of
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Colin Maclaurin
- name in native language
- Cailean MacLabhruinn
- cause of death
- edema
- writing language
- English language
- student
- James Hutton
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Colin Maclaurin (/məˈklɔːrən/; Scottish Gaelic: Cailean MacLabhruinn; February 1698 – 14 June 1746) was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. He is also known for being a child prodigy and holding the record for being the youngest professor. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, is named after him.
Owing to changes in orthography since that time (his name was originally rendered as M'Laurine), his surname is alternatively written MacLaurin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colin MacLaurin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.