Isaac Milner
British mathematician (1750–1820) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Isaac Milner FRS (11 January 1750 – 1 April 1820) was a mathematician, an inventor, the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.[1]
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Isaac Milner | |
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Born | (1750-01-11)11 January 1750 |
Died | 1 April 1820(1820-04-01) (aged 70) Cambridge, England |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Chemical production of nitrous acid |
Relatives | Joseph Milner (brother) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician and chemist |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
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He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce and helped him through many trials and was a great supporter of the abolitionists' campaign against the slave trade, steeling Wilberforce with his assurance before the 1789 parliamentary debate:
If you carry this point in your whole life, that life will be better spent than in being prime minister of many years.[2]
He was also a natural philosopher and the Dean of Carlisle.