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Encyclopedia > Matthew Stewart

Matthew Stewart (1717 - January 23, 1785) was born in Rothesay, Scotland and died in Edinburgh.


He succeeded Colin Maclaurin in his chair at the University of Edinburgh, being a mathematician of considerable power, for his theorems on the problem of three bodies, and for his discussion, treated by transversals and involution, of the properties of the circle and straight line.

Original entry based on the public domain Rouse History of Mathematics


Additional information can be found at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst477.html


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Dugald Stewart - definition of Dugald Stewart in Encyclopedia (1042 words)
His father, Matthew Stewart (1715 - 1785), was professor of mathematics in the university of Edinburgh (1747 - 1772).
Stewart's enlightened political teaching was sufficient, in the times of reaction succeeding the French Revolution, to draw upon him the undeserved suspicion of disaffection to the constitution.
On the death of Brown in 1820 Stewart retired altogether from the professorship, which was conferred upon John Wilson, better known as "Christopher North," From 1809 onwards Stewart lived mainly at Kinneil House, Linhithgowshire, which was placed at his disposal by the Duke of Hamilton.
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