Eaton Collection

Papers of John C. Eaton (sometime lecturer in mathematics at the University of Strathclyde) relating to a projected biography of the late 18th-century mathematician, Colin MacLaurin. Also included in the collection are some printed volumes, mainly 18th-century mathematical works.

Presented to the Library in 1972 by John Eaton’s widow.

 

How to find material in the Eaton collection

 

• The online catalogue for the papers of John Carnegie Eaton can be found here: University of Glasgow Collections; alternatively search using University of Glasgow Collections.
• For printed items in the collection, see Sp Coll Eaton - please see Discover our collections
• Stella Mills The collected letters of Colin MacLaurin (Nantwich: 1982), which draws extensively on the Eaton Collection