Edward Waring
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Edward Waring (1734 – August 15, 1798) was an English mathematician who was born in Old Heath (near Shrewsbury), Shropshire, England and died in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England.
He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death.
He made the assertion known as Waring's Problem without proof in his writings Meditationes Algebraicae.
Waring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763 and awarded the Copley Medal in 1784.
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- O'Connor, John J; Edmund F. Robertson "Edward Waring". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Colson | Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University 1760–1798 | Succeeded by Isaac Milner |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by John Goodricke and Thomas Hutchins | Copley Medal 1784 | Succeeded by William Roy |
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