https://ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=James_Gregory_%281666-1742%29 2026-04-22T22:05:02Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.2 https://ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk/index.php?title=James_Gregory_(1666-1742)&diff=3153&oldid=prev 2014-06-20T08:59:07Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:59, 20 June 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>James Gregory (1666-1742) succeeded his brother [[David Gregory (1659-1708)]] as Professor of [[Mathematics]] at Edinburgh University in 1692. He held the post until 1725 when ill health forced him to retire, and Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746) was appointed him as his deputy. Gregory officially remained on the university staff as joint professor and continued to draw the salary for the Chair until his death in 1742.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>James Gregory (1666-1742) succeeded his brother [[David Gregory (1659-1708)]] as Professor of [[Mathematics]] at Edinburgh University in 1692. He held the post until 1725 when ill health forced him to retire, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>was appointed him as his deputy. Gregory officially remained on the university staff as joint professor and continued to draw the salary for the Chair until his death in 1742.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Academics|Gregory, James]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Academics|Gregory, James]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:58, 20 June 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>James Gregory (1666-1742) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </del>Professor of [[Mathematics]] at Edinburgh University <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from </del>1692 to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1725</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>James Gregory (1666-1742) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">succeeded his brother [[David Gregory (1659-1708)]] as </ins>Professor of [[Mathematics]] at Edinburgh University <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>1692<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. He held the post until 1725 when ill health forced him to retire, and Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746) was appointed him as his deputy. Gregory officially remained on the university staff as joint professor and continued </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">draw the salary for the Chair until his death in 1742</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Academics|Gregory, James]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Academics|Gregory, James]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;James Gregory (1666-1742) was Professor of <a href="/index.php?title=Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematics</a> at Edinburgh University from 1692 to 1725. <a href="/index.php?title=Category:Academics" title="Category:Academics">Gregory, James</a>&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>James Gregory (1666-1742) was Professor of [[Mathematics]] at Edinburgh University from 1692 to 1725. <br /> [[Category:Academics|Gregory, James]]</div>

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