Brown, George (London)
From AngloScottish
| Dates | c.1712-1730 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Arithmetician | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
| Marriage | Elspeth Anderson; Katherine Livingstone | ||
| Issue | |||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Though a mathematician, also took up the ministry, acting as a minister in Stranrear and in Ayrshire. Invented the ‘rotula arithmetica’ (almost like a proto-calculator). Received a Scottish patent. Sought to try his fortune in London and moved there c.1712. Died, presumably in London in 1730.
