Vilant, Nicholas ♂

Education

Student United College 1752-1753 Logic class - 1755-1756. [ ], m. (Ternar). M.A. 4.5.1756.

Listed for Exchequer bursary, 1756, 1758.

Professor of Mathematics 8.10.1765 - 25.5.1807.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 12.6.1737 son of William Vilant, minister at Ferryport on Craig and Jean Wilson.

Additional information

Teacher of mathematics, Watt’s Academy, London to 1765. [Teacher]

Professor of Mathematics 8.10.1765 - 25.5.1807. [St Andrews University] [University professor]

Mostly taught by deputy from c.1773 on account of ill health.

Publication. [Nicolas Vilant, The Elements of Mathematical Analysis; abridged, for the use of students. (Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute, 1798)].

Death

Died St Andrews 25.5.1807.

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