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Authorised form of nameBrakenridge; William (c 1700 - 1762)
Other forms of surnameBraikenridge
Datesc 1700 - 1762
Date of birthc. 1700
Date of death30 July 1762
Research fieldMathematics
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/11/1752
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Stella Mills, 'Note on the Braikenridge-MacLaurin Theorem' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 235-240
Notes:
Note at foot of certificate: 'NB this Gentn is the last of those members belonging to the Old rates of Admission on the English List'.
CodeNA8142
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/391/77Bond of William Brakenridge to the Treasurer of the Royal Society16 November 1752
EC/1752/16Brakenridge, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/3/197Paper 'Value of a life annuity of one pound' by William Braikenridge1756
CLP/22ii/67Paper, Account of 'General method of describing geometrical curves by the resolution and intersection of right lines only in a letter to Dr [Benjamin] Hoadly by William Braikenridge [Brakenridge]' by [Robert] Barker18th century
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