MacLaurin, Colin, (1698-1746), mathematician

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Surname:	MacLaurin
Forenames:	Colin
Gender:	Male
Date:	1698-1746
Biography:	ODNB link for MacLaurin, Colin (1698-1746), mathematician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P151288 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P18593 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Colin MacLaurin

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1720-43: corresp and papers	Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre	MS 0034; MS 0206; MS 0207; MS 0208-9
2	lecture notes and papers	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Dc 1 17, 3 66, 7 73; Gen 75D	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3	papers rel to spheroids and Nugae Poeticae	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4437, 52247
4	1735: memorial to Commissioners of Excise	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv.MS.23.1.13
5	papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6	1737-42: letters to Sir John Clerk	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD18/5097	NRA 29182
7	letters to James Spreull etc (copies)	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department		See Accessions to Repositories 1977
8	1728-40: letters (11) to James Stirling	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS2362	NRA 14810
9	papers rel to projected biography by JC Eaton	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department		See Guide to Dept of Special Collections, 1989
10	1712-1714: student notes	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department	ASC 010	See Annual Return 2023