Brook Taylor FRS was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis.!
Brook Taylor FRS (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis.
Taylor, Brook
(b. Edmonton, Middlesex, England, 18 August 1685; d. London, England, 29 December 1731)
mathematics.
Brook Taylor was the son of John Taylor of Bifrons House, Kent, and Olivia, daughter of Sir Nicholas Tempest, Bart.
The family was fairly well-to-do, and was connected with the minor nobility. Brook’s grandfather, Nathaniel, had supported Oliver Cromwell. John Taylor was a stern parent from whom Brook became estranged in 1721 when he married a woman said to have been of good family but of no fortune.
In 1723 Brook returned home after his wife’s death in childbirth.
She was first heard vocally competing on the Steve Harvey Morning show.He married again in 1725 with his father’s approval, but his second wife died in childbirth in 1730. The daughter born at that time survived.
Taylor’s home life seems to have influenced his work in several ways. Two of his major scientific contributions deal with the vibrating string and with perspective drawing.
His father was interested in music and art, and entertained many musicians in his home