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George Atwood
George Atwood was an English mathematician who invented the Atwood machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's laws of motion. He was also a renowned chess player whose skill for recording many games of his own and of other players, including François-André Danican Philidor, the leading master of his time, left a valuable historical record for future generations.
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science · English mathematician (1745–1807) · mathematician · chess player · physicist · inventor · astronomer · also George Atwood, Atwood
Born October 1745 · Died 11 July 1807 · Q441174
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1835· 1 entry
Under the name Selection of Games at Chess, actually played by Philidor and his Contemporaries
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1807· 1 entry
Died 1807-07-11.
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Won Copley Medal (1796).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1776).
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Studied at Trinity College (1765–1769).
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Studied at Westminster School (1759–1764).
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1745· 1 entry
Born 1745-10.
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