Spitalfields Mathematical Society
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The Spitalfields Mathematical Society was founded in 1717 by Joseph Middleton.The society had 64 members when it was established, and at first meetings were held in the , a public house in the Spitalfields district of London. Fellows of the society were drawn from artisans and craftsmen such as weavers, apothecaries, brewers, ironmongers, stockbrokers, and makers of optical and mathematical instruments. Well-known members included John Canton, John Dollond, Thomas Simpson, John Crosley, John Tatum, Francis Baily, and Benjamin Gompertz. It merged with the Royal Astronomical Society in 1846.
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Spitalfields Mathematical Society
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The Spitalfields Mathematical Society was founded in 1717 by Joseph Middleton.The society had 64 members when it was established, and at first meetings were held in the , a public house in the Spitalfields district of London. Fellows of the society were drawn from artisans and craftsmen such as weavers, apothecaries, brewers, ironmongers, stockbrokers, and makers of optical and mathematical instruments. Well-known members included John Canton, John Dollond, Thomas Simpson, John Crosley, John Tatum, Francis Baily, and Benjamin Gompertz. It merged with the Royal Astronomical Society in 1846. The name lives on in the "Spitalfields Days" organised by, among others, the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, , Warwick, and International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh.
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