Mathematician:Robert Simson
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Mathematician
Scots mathematician notable for having produced a translation of Euclid's The Elements which was long used as the standard text.
Nationality
Scottish
History
- Born: 14 October 1687, West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Died: 1 October 1768, Glasgow, Scotland
Theorems and Definitions
- Simson Line, also known as Simson's Line
- Simson Line Theorem
Results named for Robert Simson can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Robert Simson can be found here.
Publications
- 1723: Euclid's Porisms (Philosophical Transactions Vol. xl: p. 330)
- 1735: Sectionum conicarum libri V
- 1749: Apollonii Pergaei locorum planorum libri II, a restoration of Apollonius's lost treatise
- 1735: Sectionum conicarum libri V (Second Edition, with additions)
- 1756: Euclid's The Elements (Books I -- VI, XI, XII)
- 1762: Euclid's The Elements, 2nd Edition, with Data
- 1776: Roberti Simson opera quaedam reliqua (posthumous, published by Earl Stanhope)
Sources
- 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 1 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Chapter $\text{V}$. The Text
- 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians