Colin MacLaurin grave monument in Greyfriars Private Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Colin MacLaurin grave monument: legible names and details
| full name | burial date | age | birth date | relationship | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colin MacLaurin | 1746 | first name on monument | Eminent mathematician who was elected to a post at the University of Edinburgh on the recommendation of Isaac Newton whose theories he expounded in Scotland before they were current in England. His epitaph translates: I shall not wholly die; my spirit mounting aloft shall smile at the empty honours of verses and tomb. |
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Greyfriars Private Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
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