Authorised form of name | Simpson; Thomas (1710 - 1761) |
Surname | Simpson |
Forenames | Thomas |
Dates | 1710 - 1761 |
Nationality | British |
Dates and places | Birth: Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England (20 August 1710) Death: Market Bosworth, Leicestershire (14 May 1761) Burial: Sutton Cheynell, Leicestershire |
Activity | Research Field: Mathematics |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/12/1745 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB |
Royal Society code | NA5356 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1745/15 | Simpson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
L&P/2/550 | Paper, 'Of a general rule for the resolution of isoperimetrical problems' by Thomas Simpson | 1754 |
L&P/2/334 | Paper, 'Of Mr Silvabelle's tract on the precession of the equinox' by Thomas Simpson | 1752 |
L&P/3/6 | Letter, 'On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations in practical astronomy' from Thomas Simpson to George Parker | 1755 |
L&P/3/273 | Paper, 'The resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator' by Thomas Simpson | 1757 |
L&P/3/336 | Paper, 'Invention of a general method for determining the sum of every 2nd 3rd 4th or 5th term of a series taken in order, the sum of the whole series being known' by Thomas Simpson | 1757 |