James Gregory

1638 - 1675

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James Gregory was a Scottish scientist and first Regius Professor of Mathematics at St Andrews who described the first practical reflecting telescope. He worked on using infinite convergent series to find the areas of the circle and hyperbola.
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List of References (22 books/articles)

A Poster of James Gregory

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. H W Turnbull's Scottish Contribution to the Calculus
  2. The Tercentenary of the birth of James Gregory
  3. Gregory's Observatory
  4. Gregory's Astronomical Clock
  5. The Upper Hall of the University Library
  6. Gibson History 5 - James Gregory
  7. Gregory tercentenary

Honours awarded to James Gregory
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Fellow of the Royal Society1668
Lunar featuresCrater Gregory and Catena Gregory

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  1. Ian Bruce A translation of Optica Promota
  2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. The Galileo Project
  1. NAHSTE
  2. Rouse Ball
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