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Presented paper to Royal Society on his invention of the reflective telescope.
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Educated at Marischal College.  Travelled to London (1662), where he presented his designs for a new reflective telescope to the Royal Society, published as 'Optica promota' (1663).  Lived in Italy (1664-1668), where he published 'Vera circuli et hyperbolae quadratura' (1667) and 'Geometriae pars universalis' (1668), two works of pure mathematics.  Returned to London, and elected to the Royal Society (1668).  Elected chair of mathematics at St Andrews (1668) and Edinburgh (1674), and so moved back to Scotland.

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Dates 1662-1664, 1668
Location London
Vocation Scientist
Place of Birth Drumoak
Marriage Mary Jameson
Issue James; 2 daughters
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Educated at Marischal College. Travelled to London (1662), where he presented his designs for a new reflective telescope to the Royal Society, published as 'Optica promota' (1663). Lived in Italy (1664-1668), where he published 'Vera circuli et hyperbolae quadratura' (1667) and 'Geometriae pars universalis' (1668), two works of pure mathematics. Returned to London, and elected to the Royal Society (1668). Elected chair of mathematics at St Andrews (1668) and Edinburgh (1674), and so moved back to Scotland.