John Keill (1 Dec 1671 - 31 Aug 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.

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  • John Keill (1 Dec 1671 - 31 Aug 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. (en)
  • John Keill (1671-1721) fut un mathématicien écossais. Né à Édimbourg, il fut nommé en 1700 professeur de philosophie naturelle à l'université d'Oxford, et en 1710 professeur d'astronomie. Il était de la Royal Society. On a de lui : *Examen de la théorie de la terre de Burnet (en anglais), 1698 ; *Introductio ad veram physicam, 1700 ; *Introductio ad veram astronomiam, 1718. Il accusa Leibnitz, dans les Transactions philosophiques (1708), d'avoir dérobé à Newton le calcul différentiel et donna ainsi naissance à la célèbre dispute qui s'éleva à ce sujet entre Leibnitz et Newton. (fr)
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  • He is the brother of physicist James Keill. (en)
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  • John Keill (1 Dec 1671 - 31 Aug 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. (en)
  • John Keill (1671-1721) fut un mathématicien écossais. (fr)
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