John Colson
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Johnathan 'John' Colson (1680–1760) was a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He was an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford, but did not take a degree.
He is remembered for producing several of Sir Isaac Newton's works including De Methodis Serierum et Fluxionum in English in 1736; see Method of Fluxions.
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| Preceded by Nicholas Saunderson |
Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University 1739–1760 |
Succeeded by Edward Waring |
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