caption death_date death_place birth_place field work_institutions birth_date known_for residence image article_title name
robert adrain 10 august 1843 new brunswick , new jersey carrickfergus , ireland diophantine algebra statistics queen 's college/rutgers columbia college university of pennsylvania 30 september 1775 least squares method ireland -lrb- 1775-1798 -rrb- u.s. -lrb- 1798-1843 -rrb- robert_adrain . jpg robert adrain
 robert adrain
robert adrain

robert adrain -lrb- 30 september 1775 -- 10 august 1843 -rrb- was a scientist and mathematician , considered one of the most brilliant mathematical minds of the time in america .
he is chiefly remembered for his formulation of the method of least squares .
