This oil painting is of James Gregory (1638-75), mathematician and inventor of the reflecting telescope. The painting is attributed to Richard Waitt.
Portrait in oils of James Gregory, mathematician and inventor of the reflecting telescope, attributed to Richard Waitt, 1708 - 1732
Gregory became professor of mathematics at St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities. His wide-ranging talents included the first proof of the fundamental theory of calculus.
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