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John Leslie
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British mathematician and physicist (1766–1832)
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Vinony's link graph records 83 inbound references to John Leslie, and connects out to physics, ice and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including 1766 births, 1832 deaths and 18th-century Scottish educators.
Vinony links it to 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 April 1766
- Died
- 3 November 1832
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Elements of geometry, geometrical analysis, and plane trigonometry
- The polar seas and regions
- Remarks for a series of years, on barometrical scales, shewing they are inadequate to predict the weather
- Narrative of discovery and adventure in the Polar seas and regions with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history
- Elements of geometry and plane trigonometry
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hong Kong
- Active from
- 1956-09-12
- Active to
- 2003-04-01
1970s1970s hong kong debut1980s1990s2000sactor
Discography
- Daydreamin’1978
- 情人箭1979
- 張國榮的一片痴…1983
- 風繼續吹1983
- Leslie1984
- 為妳鍾情1985
- Stand Up1986
- 張國榮1986
- 英雄本色當年情1986
- Summer Romance ’871987
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 278
- Total plays
- 1,286
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- naturalist
- Educated at
- University of St Andrews
- Employer
- Darwin–Wedgwood family
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Leslie cube
- Doctoral advisor
- John Playfair
- Image
- John Leslie (1766-1832) by Ambroise Tardieu.jpg
- Residence
- Scotland
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- Commons category
- John Leslie (physicist)
- date of birth
- 1766-04-17
- date of death
- 1832-11-03
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- David Hume
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- John Leslie
- name in native language
- John Leslie
via Wikidata · CC0
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Categories
1766 births1832 deaths18th-century Scottish educators18th-century Scottish scientists19th-century Scottish educators19th-century Scottish scientists19th-century Scottish translatorsAcademics of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of St AndrewsOpen Library ID different from WikidataPeople from Lower LargoPeople of the Scottish EnlightenmentScottish atheistsScottish mathematiciansScottish naturalistsScottish physicists