John Colson

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

Colson studied ( no degree) at Christ Church College, Oxford University. In 1713 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He taught mathematics at various schools, for example, in Lockington in Yorkshire ( where he was rector ) and Rochester. He was appointed as Professor in the Sydney College of the University of Cambridge and later moved to Emanuel College, where he in 1728 his Master's degree (MA ) acquired at age 48.

His mathematical work are of minor importance. He published three papers devoted ( on map illustration, a he developed new arithmetic technique for multiplying large numbers, negativo - affirmative arithmetic, a balan fied Ternärsystem, and solving quadratic and biquadratic equations) and an essay on the computational technique of blind mathematician Nicholas Saunderson, who appeared in his Elements of Algebra. He published in English and Latin, and was also common in French and Italian, which is why he also worked as a translator, for example marine area for the Mariners Magazine, but also from a variety of other areas such as a Bible dictionary from the French. He also translated some of Isaac Newton's works from Latin into English, so in 1736 the Methodus Fluxionum et Serierum Infinitarum ( 1671) as a Method of fluxions and 1761, the Arithmetica Universalis. As with his other translations, he supplemented this by their own comments. He also translated an Analysis of Maria Gaetana Agnesi textbook into English ( with the intention of a specifically targeted at female readers Introduction to Analysis to be published ), it was not published until 1801.