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BornKilmodan, Argyllshire, Scotland, February 1698
DiedEdinburgh, Scotland, 14 June 1746
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Hall, G. (2014). Maclaurin, Colin. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_880
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