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Edward Waring | |
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 Waring (ca. 1736–1798). Portrait by Thomas Kerrich, 1794. | |
| Born | c. 1736 Old Heath, Shropshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | 15 August 1798 (aged 62) Plealey, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Waring's problem Waring's prime number conjecture |
| Awards | Copley Medal (1784) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Notable students | John Wilson John Dawson |
Edward Waring FRS (c. 1736 – 15 August 1798) was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death. He made the assertion known as Waring's problem without proof in his writings Meditationes Algebraicae. Waring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763 and awarded the Copley Medal in 1784.