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James Gregory FRS (November 1638 – October 1675) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. His surname is sometimes spelt as Gregorie, the original Scottish spelling.
James Gregory (born November 1638, Drumoak [near Aberdeen], Scotland—died October 1675, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer who discovered infinite series representations for a number of trigonometry functions, although he is mostly remembered for his description of the first practical reflecting telescope, now known as the ...
James Gregory was a Scottish scientist and first Regius Professor of Mathematics at St Andrews who described the first practical reflecting telescope. He worked on using infinite convergent series to find the areas of the circle and hyperbola.
Jun 21, 2024 · (1638–1675) Scottish mathematician and astronomer. Gregory was one of the many 17th-century mathematicians who made important contributions to the development of the calculus, although some of his best work remained virtually unknown until long after his death.
James Gregory. 'Invented the means of looking deeper into space, and the mathematics to power it as well'. Born in November 1638, at Drumoak, Aberdeen, into the talented Gregory family, whose members included a host of doctors and physicians.
Scottish Mathematician J ames Gregory published papers on a number of mathematical and scientific subjects, and a look at his unpublished papers suggests an even more wide-ranging talent. Among his most notable contributions were his laying of the groundwork for the development of calculus, as well as his experiments in optics, which greatly ...
The Scottish mathematician JAMES GREGORY (sometimes also written G REGORIE ) owed his talent for mathematics to his mother rather than his father, who worked as a pastor at Drumoak (near Aberdeen).
