Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. He is also known for being a child prodigy and holding the record for being the youngest professor. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, is named after him.
- Occupation
- mathematician, physicist, astronomer
- Position held
- Rector of the University of Edinburgh
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- February 1698
- Died
- June 14, 1746
