Nicholas Saunderson
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Nicolas Saunderson.jpg
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- cause of death
- scurvy
- Commons category
- Nicholas Saunderson
- date of death
- 1739-04-19
- date of birth
- 1682-01-01
- medical condition
- blindness
- member of
- Royal Society
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Great Canfield
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Isaac Newton
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