John Colson

John Colson (* 1680 ; † 1760 ) was Lucasischer Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1739 until his death , a chair made famous by Isaac Newton .

Colson studied (not finish) at Christ Church College of Oxford University . In 1713 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society . He taught mathematics in various schools, for example in Lockington in Yorkshire (where he was principal) and Rochester . He was appointed professor at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University and later moved to Emmanuel College , where he earned his master's degree (MA) in 1728 at the age of 48.

His mathematical work is of secondary importance. He published three mathematical papers (on map mapping, on a new arithmetic technique he developed for the multiplication of large numbers, negativo-affirmative arithmetic , a balanced ternary system, and solving quadratic and biquadratic equations) and an essay on the computational technique of the blind mathematician Nicholas Saunderson , who appeared in its Elements of Algebra. He published in English and Latin and was also fluent in French and Italian, which is why he also worked as a translator, for example in the marine field for Mariners Magazine , but also from a wide variety of other areas such as a Bible dictionary from French. He also translated some of Isaac Newton's works from Latin into English, such as his Methodus Fluxionum et Serierum Infinitarum (1671) as the Method of fluxions in 1736 and the Arithmetica Universalis in 1761 . As with his other translations, he added his own comments. He also translated an analysis textbook by Maria Gaetana Agnesi into English (with the intention of publishing an introduction to analysis specifically aimed at female readers), but it was not published until 1801.

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SURNAME	Colson, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH	1680
DATE OF DEATH	1760