Nicholas Saunderson
Nicholas Saunderson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 January 1682 Thurlstone, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 19 April 1739 (aged 57) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Penistone Grammar School University of Cambridge |
| Spouse | Abigail Dickons |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1718) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Nicholas Saunderson FRS (20 January 1682 – 19 April 1739) was a blind English scientist and mathematician. According to one historian of statistics, he may have been the earliest discoverer of Bayes' theorem. He worked as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post also held by Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage and Stephen Hawking.