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William Donkin

was born 210 years ago

15 February 1814

William Donkin was a mathematician who became Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford. He had broad interests writing on least squares, Laplace's functions, attraction of solids, and music.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Donkin/