Person Colson; John (1680 - 1760) Colson John 1680 - 1760 British Male 1680 Cambridge 20 January 1760

Jesus Lane, Cambridge

Clergyman; Professor Education: Lichfield Cathedral School: Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1699); Emmanuel College, Cambridge. MA (com Reg 1723) Career: Master of Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School at Rochester, Kent; Vicar of Chalk, Kent (1724-1740); Tutor to David Garrick (1737); Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge (1739-1760); Member of the Board of Longitude; Rector of Lockington, Yorkshire Son of Francis Colson, Vicar Choral of Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire; unmarried Fellow 11/06/1713 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Venn; Taylor; Taylor Hanoverian References: A D Atkinson, 'Dr Johnson and the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 131-138 W Johnson, 'Contributors to Improving the Teaching of Calculus in Early 19th-Century England' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 93-103 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1760), p.102. 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 J H Appleby, 'The founding of St Petersburg in the context of the Royal Society's relationship with Russia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 273-284 P Fara, 'Lucasian Professors. From Newton to Hawking: a history of Cambridge University's Lucasian professors of mathematics, ed K C Knox and R Noakes' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 312-313 Notes: Proposed by William Jones 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 1680 - 20 Jan 1760 NA7778 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29921691 706c002b-7d94-40c2-ae61-b715b07697b7