James Hume

James Hume may refer to:

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James Hume (mathematician)

James Hume (fl. 1639) was a Scottish mathematician. He is given credit for introducing the modern exponential notation, along with René Descartes.

Life

The son of David Hume of Godscroft, sometimes therefore called described as "Scotus Theagrius", James Hume lived in France. Theagrius was a pen-name used by his father, and has been thought a macaronic form of "Godscroft".

Works

Hume published a Hebrew grammar in Hamburg, in 1624. On the title-page of his Pantaleonis Vaticinia Satyra, dated Rouen, 1633, Hume is called "Med. Doctor". The Satyra is a Latin romance, imitating John Barclay's Argenis. It is an "elegant neo-classic satire" influenced by Petronius; but is crude. It is dedicated to Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram, and has an historical appendix on contemporary affairs, mostly German. In 1634 Hume printed in Latin Prœlium ad Lipsiam, Gustavus Magnus, De Reditu Ducis Aureliensis ex Flandria, as an appendix to his father's De Unione Insulæ Britanniæ (Paris). Some Latin verses in the same book accuse Morinus of plagiarism for having used some proofs of theorems given by Hume to John Napier.

James Hume (superintendent)

James Hume (27 February 1823–28 August 1896) was a New Zealand asylum superintendent . He was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 27 February 1823.

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