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Colin MacLaurin was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer born in Argyll in 1698. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and later worked at Marischal College and the University of Edinburgh. His doctoral advisor was Robert Simson. MacLaurin wrote in English and is described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia.
He died in Edinburgh on June 14, 1746, from edema and is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard. MacLaurin was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was recognized in the Royal Society collection. His name in his native language is Colin Maclaurin, or Cailean MacLabhruinn.
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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.
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