Colin (Mathematician) Maclaurin^[1]

1698 - 1746  (48 years)

• Name	Colin (Mathematician) Maclaurin
  Birth	Feb 1698	Kilmodan, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jun 1746	Edinburgh, Scotland
  Person ID	I152888	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Mother	Cameron   d. Abt 1706
  Family ID	F26800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Colin Maclaurin was born in Kilmodan where his father, John Maclaurin,was the minister of the parish. The village (population 387 in 1904) ison the river Ruel and the church is at Glendaruel. ' Colin Maclaurin athttp://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history//Mathematicians/Maclaurin.html "..the celebrated philosopher and mathematical genius, Colin MacLaurin,(1698-1746) you find he was the friend and companion of the famous SirIsaac Newton (1643-1727). Colin translated the Psalms into Gaelic and hisbrilliant writings secured for him the friendship of the most eminent menof the day, in fact, his textbooks on mathematics are still used inScotland and in France. He died shortly after fighting to protectEdinburgh from the catholic Jacobites. " From MacLaren's of Greenwich...Prince Edward Island, Canada http://ourworld-top.cs.com/bobbynorthlake/index.html

  
  

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