John Keill
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| John Keill | |
| Born | 1 December 1671 Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Died | 31 August 1721 (aged 49) Oxford, England |
| Residence | England |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Fields | Mathematician and astronomer |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University Balliol College, Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | David Gregory |
| Doctoral students | Brook Taylor John Theophilus Desaguliers[1] |
| Known for | Defending Isaac Newton |
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He is the brother of physicist James Keill. |
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John Keill (1 December 1671 - 31 August 1721) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was primarily a mathematician and important disciple of Isaac Newton. He studied at Edinburgh University, under David Gregory, and obtained his bachelors degree in 1692 with a distinction in physics and mathematics. Keill then attended Balliol College, Oxford obtaining an MA on 2 February 1694.
Keill claimed that Leibniz plagiarized Newton's invention of calculus and he served as Newton's chief defender.However, Newton, himself, eventually grew tired of Keill as he stirred up too much trouble.
In 1715, Keill published a book on trigonometry and logarithms called, Euclides Elementorum Libri Priores Sex. He also wrote on forces between particles and on theories of the origin of the universe. His lectures are published in Leiden, 1725, in a book called Introductio ad Veram.
His marriage in 1717, to Mary Clements, created great scandal at the time as she was from a lower class. The possible attraction to her was that she was 25 years younger.
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