Olinthus Gilbert Gregory (29 January 1774 to 2 February 1841) was an English mathematician, author and editor, born at Yaxley in Huntingdonshire to a shoemaker's family. After publishing Lessons, Astronomical and Philosophical in 1796 he worked in Cambridge as a sub-editor and bookseller, and in 1802 gained a post as mathematical master at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich through the influence of Charles Hutton, whom he succeeded as professor in 1807. He edited the Gentleman's Diary and the Lady's Diary, helped run the Stationers' Company almanacks, and wrote on astronomy, trigonometry, mechanics and weights and measures. He was a founder member of the Astronomical Society and supported the founding of a secular university in London. Failing health forced him to retire in 1838.
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