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He was born in the manse at Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute, on 15 January 1717, [3] the son of Rev Dugald Stewart, the local minister, and his wife, Janet Bannantyne. [4]He was educated at Rothesay Grammar School, then entered the University of Glasgow in 1734, where he studied under the philosopher Francis Hutcheson and the mathematician Robert Simson, the latter from whom he studied ancient ...
Matthew or Matt Stewart may refer to: Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516–1571), father of Henry Stewart, King of the Scots; Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (1460–1513), Scottish nobleman; Matthew Stewart (mathematician) (1717–1785), Scottish mathematician; Matthew Stewart (philosopher) (born 1963), American philosopher and ...
In geometry, Stewart's theorem yields a relation between the lengths of the sides and the length of a cevian in a triangle. Its name is in honour of the Scottish mathematician Matthew Stewart , who published the theorem in 1746.
Simson was admitted professor of mathematics at Glasgow, aged 23, on 20 November 1711, where his first task was to design a two-year course in mathematics, some of which he taught himself; his lectures included geometry, of course, and algebra, logarithms and optics. Among his students were Maclaurin, Matthew Stewart, and William Trail.
Caleb Andrew Stewart; Matthew Stewart (mathematician) Walter Wilson Stothers; T. Charles Terrot (bishop) D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; William Thomson (mathematician)
In December 2000, a baby was found abandoned in a cardboard box. The officer who found him nicknamed him "Baby Jesus". Two decades later, the two were reunited.
mathematician, astronomer Matthew Stewart: 1717–1785 mathematician James Stirling: 1692–1770 mathematician Robert Stirling: 1790–1878 engineer, clergyman: inventor of the Stirling engine: John Struthers: 1823–1899 anatomist Peter Guthrie Tait: 1831–1901 mathematical physicist: proposer of the Tait conjectures in Knot theory: Thomas ...
Dugald Stewart; Matthew Stewart (mathematician) John Stuart (Presbyterian minister) T. Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee; W. John Walker (natural historian)