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title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Vince&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/wiki/Fressingfield" title="Fressingfield">Fressingfield</a>. The son of a plasterer, he had laboured with his father up to the age of 12, but came to the attention of a clergyman who saw to it that he entered higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-Sidney_Sussex_1997_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sidney_Sussex_1997-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vince was admitted as a <a href="/wiki/Sizar" title="Sizar">sizar</a> to <a href="/wiki/Caius_College,_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Caius College, Cambridge">Caius College, Cambridge</a> in 1771.<sup id="cite_ref-Venn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Venn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1775 he was <a href="/wiki/Senior_Wrangler" title="Senior Wrangler">Senior Wrangler</a>, and Winner of the <a href="/wiki/Smith_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Smith Prize">Smith Prize</a> at Cambridge. Migrating to <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">Sidney Sussex College</a> in 1777, he gained his M.A. in 1778 and was ordained a clergyman in 1779.<sup id="cite_ref-Venn_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Venn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was among seven men of that college who subscribed to the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade" title="Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade">Abolition Society</a> in 1787.<sup id="cite_ref-Sidney_Sussex_1997_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sidney_Sussex_1997-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Copley_Medal" title="Copley Medal">Copley Medal</a> in 1780 and was <a href="/wiki/Plumian_Professor_of_Astronomy_and_Experimental_Philosophy" title="Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy">Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy</a> at Cambridge from 1796 until his death. He became <a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Bedford" title="Archdeacon of Bedford">Archdeacon of Bedford</a> in 1809, and died in <a href="/wiki/Ramsgate" title="Ramsgate">Ramsgate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Venn_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Venn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Vince&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a mathematician, Vince wrote on many aspects of his expertise, including <a href="/wiki/Logarithms" class="mw-redirect" title="Logarithms">logarithms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imaginary_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Imaginary numbers">imaginary numbers</a>. His <i>Observations on the Theory of the Motion and Resistance of Fluids</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Experiments upon the Resistance of Bodies Moving in Fluids</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had later importance to <a href="/wiki/History_of_aviation" title="History of aviation">aviation history</a>. He was also author of the influential <i>A Complete System of Astronomy</i> (3 vols. 1797–1808). </p><p>Vince also published the pamphlet <i>The Credibility of Christianity Vindicated, In Answer to Mr. Hume's Objections; In Two Discourses Preached Before the University of Cambridge by the Rev. S. Vince</i>. In this work, Vince made an apology of the Christian religion and, like <a href="/wiki/Charles_Babbage" title="Charles Babbage">Charles Babbage</a>, sought to present rational arguments in favor of the belief in <a href="/wiki/Miracles" class="mw-redirect" title="Miracles">miracles</a>, against <a href="/wiki/David_Hume" title="David Hume">David Hume</a>'s criticism. A review of this work with direct quotations can be found in <i><a href="/wiki/The_British_Critic" class="mw-redirect" title="The British Critic">The British Critic</a></i>, Volume 12, 1798.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Vince&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=EC/1786/17">"Vince, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society"</a>. <i>catalogues.royalsociety.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=catalogues.royalsociety.org&rft.atitle=Vince%2C+Samuel%3A+certificate+of+election+to+the+Royal+Society&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalogues.royalsociety.org%2Fcalmview%2FRecord.aspx%3Fsrc%3DCalmView.Catalog%26id%3DEC%2F1786%2F17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Vince" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sidney_Sussex_1997-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sidney_Sussex_1997_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sidney_Sussex_1997_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBasker1997" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/James_Basker" title="James Basker">Basker, James</a> (1997), "Sidney Sussex and the Origins of the Abolition Society in 1787", <i>Sidney Sussex College Annual</i>: 37–38</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sidney+Sussex+College+Annual&rft.atitle=Sidney+Sussex+and+the+Origins+of+the+Abolition+Society+in+1787&rft.pages=37-38&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=Basker&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Vince" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Venn-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Venn_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Venn_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Venn_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFACADVN771S" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=VN771S&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50">"Samuel Vince (VN771S)"</a>. <i>A Cambridge Alumni Database</i>. University of Cambridge.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Samuel+Vince+%28VN771S%29&rft.btitle=A+Cambridge+Alumni+Database&rft.pub=University+of+Cambridge&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvenn.lib.cam.ac.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch-2018.pl%3Fsur%3D%26suro%3Dw%26fir%3D%26firo%3Dc%26cit%3D%26cito%3Dc%26c%3Dall%26z%3Dall%26tex%3DVN771S%26sye%3D%26eye%3D%26col%3Dall%26maxcount%3D50&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Vince" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVince1795" class="citation journal cs1">Vince, Samuel (1795). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstl.1795.0004">"The Bakerian Lecture. Observations on the Theory of the Motion and Resistance of Fluids; With a Description of the Construction of Experiments, in Order to Obtain Some Fundamental Principles. By the Rev. Samuel Vince, A. M. F. R. S."</a> <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</i>. <b>85</b>: 24–45. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstl.1795.0004">10.1098/rstl.1795.0004</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/106943">106943</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philosophical+Transactions+of+the+Royal+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=The+Bakerian+Lecture.+Observations+on+the+Theory+of+the+Motion+and+Resistance+of+Fluids%3B+With+a+Description+of+the+Construction+of+Experiments%2C+in+Order+to+Obtain+Some+Fundamental+Principles.+By+the+Rev.+Samuel+Vince%2C+A.+M.+F.+R.+S.&rft.volume=85&rft.pages=24-45&rft.date=1795&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frstl.1795.0004&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F106943%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Vince&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1098%252Frstl.1795.0004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Vince" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVince1798" class="citation journal cs1">Vince, Samuel (1798). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstl.1798.0002">"The Bakerian Lecture. 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Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge"</a>. <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</i>. <b>88</b>: 1–14. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstl.1798.0002">10.1098/rstl.1798.0002</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/106967">106967</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philosophical+Transactions+of+the+Royal+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=The+Bakerian+Lecture.+Experiments+upon+the+Resistance+of+Bodies+Moving+in+Fluids.+By+the+Rev.+Samuel+Vince%2C+A.+M.+F.+R.+S.+Plumian+Professor+of+Astronomy+and+Experimental+Philosophy+in+the+University+of+Cambridge&rft.volume=88&rft.pages=1-14&rft.date=1798&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frstl.1798.0002&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F106967%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Vince&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1098%252Frstl.1798.0002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Vince" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=52tAAQAAMAAJ">The British Critic, Volume 12</a> (1798). 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