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Robert Adrain

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Robert Adrain was an Irish political exile who won renown as a mathematician in the United States. He left Ireland after leading republican insurgents in the Rebellion of 1798, and settled in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With Nathaniel Bowditch, he shares the distinction of being the first scholar to publish original mathematical research in America. This included his formulation of the method of least squares while working on a surveying problem for which he is chiefly remembered. His fields of applied mathematical interest included physics, astronomy and geodesy. Many of his mathematical investigations focused on the shape of the Earth.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Attribution Charles Cromwell Ingham, 1796 - 1863 Former attribution John Vanderlyn, 15 Oct 1775 - 23 Sep 1852 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: mathematician
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: September 30, 1775
Died: August 10, 1843

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