Hutton

Charles Hutton

Born: 14 Aug 1737 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Died: 27 Jan 1823 in London, England

Previous (Chronologically) Next     Biographies Index

Previous ( Alphabetically) Next          Welcome page
Largely self-educated, Hutton taught at the Mathematical School in Newcastle, then became professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich in 1773. The following year he became a Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1767 he published A Treatise on Mensuration which he states is

adapted particularly to the Uses of Schools, Mathematicians and Mechanics.
Many later writers borrowed material from this book.

In 1775 Hutton published five volumes of extracts from the Ladies' Diary dealing with

entertaining mathematical and poetical parts .
He received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for The Force of Fired Gunpowder and the velocity of Cannon Balls (1778). He also computed the mean density of the Earth based on Maskelyne's data from Schiehallion in An Account of the Calculations made from the Survey and Measures taken at Schiehallion in order to ascertain the mean density of the Earth (1779).

In 1781 Hutton published Mathematical Tables for the Board of Longitude.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. J Bruce, A Memoir of Charles Hutton, L.L.D., F.R.S., Imperial Magazine 5 (1823), 202-227. 
Previous (Chronologically) Next     Biographies Index

Previous ( Alphabetically) Next          Welcome page

History Topics Index              Famous curves index

Chronologies                           Birthplace Map

Mathematicians of the day  Anniversaries for the year

Search Form   Simple Search Form   Search Suggestions
JOC/EFR March 1996