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- Born
- 1707
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-08-12
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in Open LibraryRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Faceted Application of Subject TerminologyRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Early Modern Letters OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , April 16, 1706
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- 1707
- Died
- July 29, 1751
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
- , July 20, 1751
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Sources- 1.Stated in MacTutor History of Mathematics archiveRetrieved 2017-08-22
- July 29, 1751
- Birthplace
- Bath
1
- Bath
- Place of death
- Fort St. David
- , Chennai
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- , Cuddalore
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2024-12-07
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- mathematician
- , engineer
- , scientist
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-12-19
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-03-01
- English
- Notable work
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- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-14
- male
- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1727)
- Awards
- Copley Medal(1746) award rationale: On account of his curious Experiments for showing the resistance of the Air, and his rules for establishing his doctrine thereon for the motion of Projectiles.
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Sources- 1.“Award winners : Copley Medal”docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1336391689&single=trueRetrieved 2018-12-30
- Fellow of the Royal Society(November 9, 1727)
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Sources- 1.catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA2673Retrieved 2025-09-16
- Copley Medal(1746) award rationale: On account of his curious Experiments for showing the resistance of the Air, and his rules for establishing his doctrine thereon for the motion of Projectiles.
- Doctoral advisor
- Henry Pemberton(1727)
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- Henry Pemberton(1727)
- Field of work
- mathematics
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- mathematical analysis
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- calculus
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- ballistics
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- fortification engineering
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2024-03-02
- mathematics
- Work location
- London
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-29
- Cuddalore
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-29
- London
On other databases
51 identifiers linking Benjamin Robins across the web's reference databases
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