Nicholas Saunderson

Nicholas Saunderson (* January 1682 in Thurlstone at Penniston, Yorkshire, † April 19, 1739 ) was an English mathematician.

Life

Saunderson was born as the eldest son of an official. He was blinded by a year because he fell ill with smallpox and lost in a row as his eyes. For a blind boy days it was not easy to get a good education. He could only learn from books, if someone read to him. Nevertheless, he was a very good student. Saunderson attended middle school in Penniston, where he focused on languages ​​especially, but also mathematics interested him very much. Supported by his father, he was a good musician and mathematician. At age 18, he met the mathematician William West and Nattleton know who taught him algebra and geometry.

Slowly Saunderson had also remember, even to earn money, so he moved to Cambridge in 1707, where he wanted to be a teacher. He was a lecturer very supportive of his peers and impressed everyone with his expertise. The colleague William Whiston and Roger Cotes him were good friends and contacts. All three were followers of Newton's theories and Saunderson even got the chance to meet Isaac Newton himself. Due to his outstanding achievements Saunderson got her masters degree.

1711 Saunderson was appointed professor of mathematics at the Luca -sian Chair at the University of Cambridge. 1728 of the title Doctor of Laws awarded him. In 1736 he was elected a member ( "Fellow" ) of the Royal Society.

Saunderson married in 1723 the daughter of a rector and moved with her ​​into a house. From this marriage two children were born. However, he was untiring, what his work was concerned. It is said that he has succumbed to his work, as he had no healthy lifestyle. He was buried in Boxrorth.

Services

A work on algebra of Saunderson was not published until after his death. Saunderson also left many materials and scripts that he used to teach. Also, a calculating machine for the blind was one of his inventions. A replica is for Blind in Vienna to see the museum.

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