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Authorised form of nameStone; Edmund (1700 - 1768)
Dates1700 - 1768
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
Self-educated (according to Andrew Michael Ramsay, he was 18 when he learned to read), he taught himself French, Latin and Mathematics
Career:
Discovered by the Duke of Argyll reading Newton's 'Principia', he was encouraged to continue his studies; after the Duke's death lived in poverty.
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/04/1725
ProposerJohn Theophilus Desaguliers
Date of ejection or withdrawalResigned (1742)
RelationshipsSon of a gardener employed by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll at Inverary
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; printed list
References:
William S Pierpoint, 'Edward Stone (1702-1768) and Edmund Stone (1700-1768): Confused Identities Resolved' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 211-217
London Magazine 1768, p332 (obituary)
Royal Society codeNA3485
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
L&P/1/164Paper, 'On Sir Isaac Newton's five diverging parabolas' by Edmund Stone1742
L&P/4/408Letter, 'Of cubick equations' from Edmund Stone to the Royal Society6 June 1767
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