He received his early education in Shrewsbury School under a Mr Hotchkin and was admitted as a sizar at Magdalene College, Cambridge, on 24 March 1753, being also Millington exhibitioner.
He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757.
In 1757 he graduated BA as senior wrangler and on 24 April 1758 was elected to a fellowship at Magdalene.
In 1757 he graduated BA as senior wrangler and on 24 April 1758 was elected to a fellowship at Magdalene.
He belonged to the Hyson Club, whose members included William Paley. ==Career== At the end of 1759 Waring published the first chapter of Miscellanea Analytica.
He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death.
In fact Waring was very young and did not hold the MA, necessary for qualifying for the Lucasian chair, but this was granted him in 1760 by royal mandate.
In 1762 he published the full Miscellanea Analytica, mainly devoted to the theory of numbers and algebraic equations.
Waring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763 and awarded the Copley Medal in 1784. ==Early years== Waring was the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Waring, a prosperous farming couple.
In 1763 he was elected to the Royal Society.
Waring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763 and awarded the Copley Medal in 1784. ==Early years== Waring was the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Waring, a prosperous farming couple.
He was awarded its Copley Medal in 1784 but withdrew from the society in 1795, after he had reached sixty, 'on account of age'.
He was awarded its Copley Medal in 1784 but withdrew from the society in 1795, after he had reached sixty, 'on account of age'.
Edward Waring (15 August 1798) was a British mathematician.
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