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Edward Waring
Edward Waring was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death. He made the assertion known as Waring's problem without proof in his writings Meditationes Algebraicae. Waring was elected a fellow of the Royal Societ…
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science · English mathematician (1736–1798) · mathematician · university teacher · scientist · also Edward Waring, Waring
Born 1 January 1736 · Died 15 August 1798 · Q323028
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I hear you are going to In-jea. A most interesting country. I had a very good time there in my early youth. You must do the pig-sticking in Rajasthan. And you will find the people most agreeable in their own way. They have been most uncommonly decent to my niece.
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“I hear you are going to In-jea. A most interesting country. I had a very good time there in my early youth. You must do the pig-sticking in Rajasthan. And you will find the people most agreeable in their own way. They have been most uncommonly decent to my niece.”
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“It must be remembered that Dupach is more than half Negro, and due to the peculiar mentality of this Race, they seem unable to rise to prominence without losing their equilibrium.”
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“[The Indian princes’] ceremonies are so irritating and ridiculous”
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“This place ought never to have been dug up.”
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1798· 1 entry
Died 1798-08-15.
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1784· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (1784).
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1763· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1763).
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1760· 2 entries
Studied at University of Cambridge (1760).
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Career landmark: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (1760–1798).
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1757· 1 entry
Studied at Magdalene College (1753–1757).
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1736· 1 entry
Born 1736-01-01.
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