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ID	11273
Last Name	Simson
First Name	Robert
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Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1687-10-18
Date of Death	1768-10-01
Place of Birth	Glasgow
Place of Death	Glasgow
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/61632691
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simson
Image URL	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Simson.jpg
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Editor	The elements of Euclid viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's demonstrations are restored. Also, the book of Euclid's Data, in like manner corrected. By Robert Simson, M.D. emeritus professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow. To this edition are also annexed, Elements of plane and spherical trigonometry.	1811
Author	The elements of Euclid viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's demonstrations are restored. Also, the book of Euclid's Data, in like manner corrected. By Robert Simson, M.D. emeritus professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow. To this edition are also annexed, Elements of plane and spherical trigonometry.	1811
Editor	The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's demonstrations are restored. Also, the book of Euclid's Data, in like manner corrected. By Robert Simson, M.D. emeritus professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow. To this edition are also annexed, Elements of plane and spherical trigonometry.	1811

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