Colin MacLaurin
1698 - 1746
- Born
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February 1698
Kilmodan in Glendaruel, Argyllshire, Scotland
- Died
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14 January or 14 June 1746
Edinburgh
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 05/11/1719
- Fields of Interest
- Mathematics
- Relationships
- Son of John McLaurin, Minister of Kilmodan, and his wife - Cameron; married Anne, daughter of Walter Stewart, Solicitor-General for Scotland
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Paper, 'Errata in Ph Trans [Philosophical Transactions] no 439' by Colin Macklauren [Maclaurin]
Creator: Colin MacLaurin Reference number: CLP/8ii/67a -
Paper, 'Geometria organica sive descriptio linearum...' [Instrumental geometry, or linear description] by Colin Maclaurin
Creator: Colin MacLaurin Reference number: CLP/22ii/4 -
Letter, from Colin McLaurin to Edmond Halley, dated at College of New Aberdeen
Creator: Colin MacLaurin Reference number: EL/L6/13 -
Letter, from Colin McLaurin to James Jurin, dated at Cambray
Creator: Colin MacLaurin Reference number: EL/L6/14 -
Letter, from Colin McLaurin [to the Royal Society], dated at Nancy in Lorraine
Creator: Colin MacLaurin Reference number: EL/L6/15 -
Letter, from Colin McLaurin [to the Royal Society], dated at Luneville
Creator: Colin MacLaurin Reference number: EL/L6/16
Recipient of
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Letter, from George Young of Edinburgh to Colin Maclaurin
Creator: George Young Reference number: EL/Y/3