User:Peter Mercator/Notes for Erskine

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Kay's portraits 286 -289

In 1787 he co-authored a book on the life of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms..

In later life Erskine celebrated his connection with Maclaurin by making a copy of the portrait of the latter by James Ferguson.

In DNB Dictionary of National Biography 1911 vol17 pp printed 402 archived copy 415 (13 prelim pages) Mother, Agnes, d of Sir James Steuart, bart., of Colt-ness, studied under Maclaurin Founded ssa 1780. First vol of journal 1792 Published life of Napier Name Steuart Kay's portraits 286 -289 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland