Edward Waring

Edward Waring
b. 1736 Shropshire, England
d. 15 August 1798 Schropshire, England

Edward Waring, MD was appointed to the Lucasian chair at age 23 in 1760 and became fellow of the Royal Society in 1762. His appointment to the chair was not without controversy. The following three pamplets concern this appointment-an objection by Powell and Waring's response.

Observations on the First Chapter of a Book called Miscellanea Analytica (William Samuel Powell) 1760
A reply to a pamphlet entitled Observations on the First Chapter of a Book called Miscellanea Analytica 1760
A Letter to the Reverend Dr. Powell in answer to his Observations on the First Chapter of a Book called Miscellanea Analytica and his Defence of those Observations 1760

Miscellanea analytica de aequationibus algebraicis et curvarum proprietatibus 1762
Meditationes Algebraicae 1770, 3rd edition 1782
Proprietates algebraicarum curvarum 1772
Meditationes Analyticae 1776, 2nd edition 1785
On the principles of translating algebraic quantities into probable relations and annuities &c. 1792
Essay on the Prinicples of Human Knowledge 1794

The works of interest here are "On the principles of translating algebraic quanities into probable relations amd annuities &c." and his Essay on the Principles of Human Knowledge. The latter treats probability on pages 35-47. He further discusses derangements in the Addenda.