| Authorised form of name | Waring; Edward (1734 - 1798) |
| Dates | 1734 - 1798 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
| Date of birth | 1734 |
| Place of death | Plealey, Pontesbury, Shropshire |
| Date of death | 15 August 1798 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1763 |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | Withdrew from the Royal Society (1795) |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1784 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
Notes:
DSB gives date of birth as c 1736. |
| Code | NA8312 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1763/04 | Waring, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/3/40 | Letter from Edward Waring, Plealey, to George Gilpin | 22 August 1794 |
| L&P/9/192 | Paper, 'On infinite series' by Edward Waring | 1791 |
| L&P/8/163 | Paper, 'Of an erratum in his paper in the Philosophical Transactions' from Edward Waring to Charles Blagden | 1785 |
| MS/391/90 | Bond of Edward Waring to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 24 November 1763 |
| L&P/9/132 | Paper, 'On the method of correspondent values etc' by Edward Waring | 1789 |
| L&P/7/56 | Paper, 'Problems concerning interpolating logarithms by the method of differences' by Edward Waring | 1778 |
| L&P/9/71 | Paper, 'On centripetal forces' by Edward Waring | 1788 |
| L&P/9/133/1 | Paper, 'On the resolution of attractive powers' by Edward Waring | 1789 |
| L&P/9/133 | Paper, 'On the resolution of attractive powers' by Edward Waring | 1789 |
| L&P/9/28 | Paper, 'Finding the values of algebaical quantities by converging series and estending propositions given by Pappus' by Edward Waring | 1787 |
| L&P/9/133/2 | Plate, 'Mathematical figures' by Edward Waring | 1789 |
| L&P/9/95 | Paper, 'Some properties of the sum of the divisors of numbers' by Edward Waring | 1788 |
| L&P/7/83 | Paper, 'On the general resolution of algebraical equations' by Edward Waring | 1779 |