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Colin Maclaurin
Mathematician, Academic
1698 – 1746
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Who was Colin Maclaurin?
Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, is named after him.
Owing to changes in orthography since that time, his surname is alternatively written MacLaurin. In Gaelic the name is "Cailean MacLabhruinn", which is literally 'Colin, the son of Laurence.'
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1698
Argyll - Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Lived in
- Scotland
- Died
- Jun 14, 1746
Edinburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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