Person Taylor; Brook (1685 - 1731) Taylor Brook 1685 - 1731 Male Edmonton, Middlesex, England 18 August 1685 Somerset House, London 30 November 1731 Burial: St Ann's, Soho, London

Norfolk Street (1718); Bifrons House, Patrixbourne, Kent (1729)

Barrister Mathematics Education: Educated at home; Secket's private school; St John's College, Cambridge; LLB (1709), LLD (1714) Career: Advocate in the Court of Arches (1714-c 1720); travelled to France several times; corresponded with Pierre Remond de Montmort (FRS 1715); worked on the application of calculus to various problems, including the refraction of light and the determination of the centres of oscillation and percussion and enunciated the principle of vanishing points Son of John Taylor, merchant, of Bifrons House and his wife, Olivia, daughter of Sir Nicholas Tempest, Bart, of Durham and his wife, Ann Price. Married: 1) Miss Brydges of Wallington, Surrey; 2) Sabetta, daughter of John Sawbridge of Olantigh, Kent Royal Society roles: Council: 1714-1717, 1721, 1723, 1725; Sec 1714-1718 Fellow 20/03/1712 John Keill Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Thomas; Venn; GEC Baronetage; Squibb References: Obituary in 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1731, p500 Notes: Date of death from Gent's Mag. DNB gives grandfather's name as Sir John Tempest ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9685 18 Aug 1685 - 29 Dec 1731 NA6093 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/73921270 9ba94ff1-b70c-452e-9f71-130b7adbc9ff