Editing Edward Waring (section)

==Career==
At the end of 1759 Waring published the first chapter of ''Miscellanea Analytica''. On 28 January the next year he was appointed [[Lucasian professor]] of mathematics, one of the highest positions in Cambridge. [[William Samuel Powell]], then tutor in [[St John's College, Cambridge]] opposed Waring's election and instead supported the candidacy of [[William Ludlam]]. In the polemic with Powell, Waring was backed by [[John Wilson (mathematician)|John Wilson]]. 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. In 1763 he was elected to the [[Royal Society]]. He was awarded its [[Copley Medal]] in 1784 but withdrew from the society in 1795, after he had reached sixty, 'on account of [his] age'. Waring was also a member of the academies of sciences of [[Göttingen]] and [[Institute of Bologna Academy of Sciences|Bologna]]. In 1767 he took an MD degree, but his activity in medicine was quite limited. He carried out dissections with [[Richard Watson (bishop)|Richard Watson]], professor of chemistry and later bishop of [[Llandaff]]. From about 1770 he was physician at [[Addenbrooke's Hospital]] at Cambridge, and he also practised at [[St Ives, Huntingdonshire]], where he lived for some years after 1767. His career as a physician was not very successful since he was seriously short-sighted and a very shy man.