John Bonnycastle
From Graces Guide
- c1760 John Bonnycastle, mathematician, was born at Whitchurch, in Buckinghamshire.
- Bonnycastle was a prolific and successful writer of textbooks, including:. The Scholar's Guide to Arithmetic - 1780; An Introduction to Algebra - 1782; Introduction to Astronomy - 1786; an edition of Euclid's Elements, with notes - 1789; An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry - 1782. Other works included: A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry - 1806; and A Treatise on Algebra - 1813. He also wrote the introduction to a translation of Bossut's Histoire des mathématiques in 1803.
- 1821 After a long illness, John Bonnycastle died at Woolwich Common, on 15 May. His remains were placed in a purpose-built vault at Charlton, Kent.
Sources of Information
- [1] Oxford DNB