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Reuben Burrow (30 December 1747 – 7 June 1792) was an English mathematician, surveyor and orientalist. Initially a teacher, he was appointed assistant to Sir Nevil Maskelyne, then astronomer-royal, at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and was involved in the Schiehallion experiment. He later conducted research in India, teaching himself Sanskrit and becoming one of the first members of the Asiatic Society. He was the first to measure the length of a degree of an arc of longitude along the Tropic of Cancer. His other major achievements included a study of Indian mathematics although he earned a reputation for being rude and unpolished amid the leading figures in science who came mostly from the upper-class. One commentator called him "an able mathematician but a most vulgar and scurrilous dog

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  • Reuben Burrow, (30 décembre 1747–7 juin 1792), est un mathématicien et un orientaliste anglais. (fr)
  • Reuben Burrow (30 December 1747 – 7 June 1792) was an English mathematician, surveyor and orientalist. Initially a teacher, he was appointed assistant to Sir Nevil Maskelyne, then astronomer-royal, at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and was involved in the Schiehallion experiment. He later conducted research in India, teaching himself Sanskrit and becoming one of the first members of the Asiatic Society. He was the first to measure the length of a degree of an arc of longitude along the Tropic of Cancer. His other major achievements included a study of Indian mathematics although he earned a reputation for being rude and unpolished amid the leading figures in science who came mostly from the upper-class. One commentator called him "an able mathematician but a most vulgar and scurrilous dog." (en)
  • Reuben Burrow (Hoberley, 30 dicembre 1747 – Buxar, 7 giugno 1792) è stato un matematico, saggista e orientalista inglese. Inizialmente insegnante, fu nominato assistente di Sir Nevil Maskelyne, poi astronomo reale, presso l'Osservatorio di Greenwich e fu coinvolto nell'esperimento dello Schiehallion. In seguito condusse ricerche in India, imparando da autodidatta il sanscrito e diventando uno dei primi membri della Asiatic Society. Fu il primo a misurare la lunghezza di un grado di arco di longitudine lungo il Tropico del Cancro. I suoi altri importanti risultati furono uno studio della matematica indiana, sebbene si fosse guadagnato la reputazione di essere scortese e rozzo tra le figure di spicco della scienza che provenivano principalmente dalla classe superiore. Un commentatore lo definì "un abile matematico ma un cane molto volgare e scurrile". (it)
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  • Reuben Burrow, (30 décembre 1747–7 juin 1792), est un mathématicien et un orientaliste anglais. (fr)
  • Reuben Burrow (30 December 1747 – 7 June 1792) was an English mathematician, surveyor and orientalist. Initially a teacher, he was appointed assistant to Sir Nevil Maskelyne, then astronomer-royal, at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and was involved in the Schiehallion experiment. He later conducted research in India, teaching himself Sanskrit and becoming one of the first members of the Asiatic Society. He was the first to measure the length of a degree of an arc of longitude along the Tropic of Cancer. His other major achievements included a study of Indian mathematics although he earned a reputation for being rude and unpolished amid the leading figures in science who came mostly from the upper-class. One commentator called him "an able mathematician but a most vulgar and scurrilous dog (en)
  • Reuben Burrow (Hoberley, 30 dicembre 1747 – Buxar, 7 giugno 1792) è stato un matematico, saggista e orientalista inglese. Inizialmente insegnante, fu nominato assistente di Sir Nevil Maskelyne, poi astronomo reale, presso l'Osservatorio di Greenwich e fu coinvolto nell'esperimento dello Schiehallion. In seguito condusse ricerche in India, imparando da autodidatta il sanscrito e diventando uno dei primi membri della Asiatic Society. Fu il primo a misurare la lunghezza di un grado di arco di longitudine lungo il Tropico del Cancro. I suoi altri importanti risultati furono uno studio della matematica indiana, sebbene si fosse guadagnato la reputazione di essere scortese e rozzo tra le figure di spicco della scienza che provenivano principalmente dalla classe superiore. Un commentatore lo defi (it)
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