Person MacLaurin; Colin (1698 - 1746); mathematician MacLaurin Colin mathematician Mclaurin 1698 - 1746 British Male Kilmodan in Glendaruel, Argyllshire, Scotland February 1698 Edinburgh 14 January or 14 June 1746

Mathematics Education: Glasgow. MA (1712) Career: Professor of Mathematics, Marischal College, Aberdeen (1717-1722); visited London (1719, 1721); friend of Martin Folkes (FRS 1714); Tutor to the son of Lord Polwarth, with whom he travelled in France (1722-1724); won the prize offered by the Academie des Sciences (1724); Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh (1725); organised the defences of Edinburgh against the rebels (1745); when they captured the town he went to stay with Thomas Herring, Archbishop of York; died of a 'dropsy of the belly' from a cold caught on the journey home Memberships: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh Son of John McLaurin, Minister of Kilmodan, and his wife - Cameron; married Anne, daughter of Walter Stewart, Solicitor-General for Scotland Fellow 05/11/1719 Edmond Halley William Burnett Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Authority: Altname from Charter Book References: William P D Wightman, 'Aberdeen University and the Royal Society' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 145-158, plate Stella Mills, 'Note on the Braikenridge-MacLaurin Theorem' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 235-240 P M Harman, 'Newton to Maxwell: the Principia and British Physics' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 75-96 Patricia Rothman, 'By "The Light of his Own Mind": the Story of James Ferguson, Astronomer' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 33-45 Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204 J P Zinsser, 'The ultimate commentary: a consideration of I Bernhard Cohen's Guide to Newton's Principia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 231-238 Notes: DSB gives death date as 14 January 1746 ©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-19555 Feb 1698 - 14 Jan or 14 Jun 1746 NA8377 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 16/07/2024 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/61658346 543dcb84-0b61-4dc8-b1dc-5bf96f5247aa