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Born February 1698 • Scotland
Died June 14, 1746 (aged 48) • Edinburgh • Scotland
Subjects Of Study calculus • conic section • gravitation
Role In Scottish Enlightenment

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Colin Maclaurin, engraving by S. Freeman; in the British Museum.
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