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Robert Simson (14 October 1687 – 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow.
Robert Simson was a Scottish mathematician best known for the Simson line of a triangle, even though he was not the first discoverer of it. Thumbnail of Robert ...

Robert Simson

Mathematician and professor
Robert Simson was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The Simson line is named after him. Wikipedia
Born: October 14, 1687, United Kingdom
Died: October 1, 1768 (age 80 years), Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Aug 27, 2024 · Read about the Scottish mathematician Robert Simson, whose restoration of Grecian geometry has influenced modern education.
Oct 14, 2019 · Robert Simson, a Scottish mathematician, was born October 14, 1687. Although Simson attended the University of Glasgow with the intention of entering the ...
The mathematician Robert Simson at the University of Glasgow in 1753 noted that, as the numbers increased in magnitude, the ratio between succeeding numbers ...
Robert Simson (1687 – 1768) was a Scottish mathematician who studied ancient Greek geometers. He studied at the University of Glasgow, and later returned as a ...
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While Fermat and others made earlier attempts to explain the Porisms, it is Robert Simson who is generally recognised as the first person to achieve a genuine ...
Simson, Robert (b. West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland, 14 October 1687; d. Glasgow, Scotland, 1 October 1768) geometry.
Oct 3, 2024 · Mathematician. Scots mathematician notable for having produced a translation of Euclid's The Elements which was long used as the standard ...
Feb 14, 2011 · A self-taught mathematician, Simson was a professor at the University of Glasgow and an authority on ancient Greek geometry. His treatise on ...