Brook Taylor
1685 - 1731
- Born
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18 August 1685
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
- Died
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30 November 1731
Somerset House, London
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 20/03/1712
- Fields of Interest
- Mathematics
- Occupation
- Barrister
- Relationships
- Son of John Taylor, merchant, of Bifrons House and his wife, Olivia, daughter of Sir Nicholas Tempest, Bart, of Durham and his wife, Ann Price. Married: 1) Miss Brydges of Wallington, Surrey; 2) Sabetta, daughter of John Sawbridge of Olantigh, Kent
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'De propositiones aliquot de projectilium motu parabolico scriptae anno 1710' ['Some proposals on parabolic motion of projectiles written in the year 1710'] by B [Brook?] Taylor
Creator: Brook Taylor Reference number: CLP/3ii/12 -
Paper, 'An account of an experiment, made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat' by Brook Taylor
Creator: Brook Taylor Reference number: CLP/6/67 -
Letter, from Brook Taylor to Hans Sloane, dated at Bifrons near Canterbury
Creator: Brook Taylor, Brook Taylor Reference number: EL/T/70 -
Extract of a letter, from Brooke Taylor to Hans Sloane
Creator: Brook Taylor, Brook Taylor Reference number: EL/T/71
Most frequently corresponded with
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Hans Sloane
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