Charles Hutton: 'One of the greatest mathematicians in Europe'?. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wardhaugh, Benjamin
• Is Part Of: Bulletin. Volume 32:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 91
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Mathematics -- History -- Periodicals; 510.9
• DOI: 10.1080/17498430.2016.1236319
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1749-8430

Abstract

Abstract : Charles Hutton, 1737–1823. If you are interested in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century British mathematics, you've heard of him; you've quite probably used his 1795 Dictionary as a historical source. You quite possibly don't know much else. I'm at present working on an AHRC-funded biography of Charles Hutton, together with an edition of his hundred-odd surviving letters. This article reflects on the nature and significance of Hutton's achievements, and what his example tells us about mathematical biography more generally.