Collins

John Collins

Born: 5 March 1625 in Wood Eaton (4km north of Oxford), England
Died: 10 Nov 1683 in London, England

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Collins' importance is, as Barrow said, being the English Mersenne . He corresponded with Barrow, David Gregory, James Gregory, Newton, Wallis, Borelli, Huygens, Leibniz, Tschirnhaus and Sluze.

Collins published books by Barrow and Wallis and left a collection of 2000 books and an uncounted number of manuscripts. He worked as librarian for the Royal Society in London.

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Rice University, USA

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. H W Turnbull, James Gregory Memorial Volume (London, 1939), 16-18. 
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