David Gregory ( ? 1661 - 1708 )

Birth: Kinnairdie, Banffshire, Scotland (03 June 1659 or 24 June 1661) Death: The Greyhound Inn, Maidenhead, Berkshire (10 October 1708) Burial: Maidenhead churchyard, Berkshire Research Field: Mathematics, astronomy, optics Education: Leyden (admitted 1679); Marischal College, Aberdeen; Edinburgh; MA (1683); incorporated at Oxford (from Balliol College) (1692); BMed and DMed (1692) Career: Matheson Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh (1683-1692); Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford (1692-death); Mathematical Tutor to William, Duke of Gloucester (1699); one of the committee for preparing John Flamsteed's (FRS 1677) astronomical observations for the press (1704); friend of Isaac Newton (FRS 1672); died of consumption Memberships: FRCPE (Honorary) 1705 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1692 Proposers: Sir Robert Southwell.