George Atwood (October 1745, London – 11 July 1807, London) was an English mathematician who invented a machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's first law of motion.
•
He was also a renowned chess player whose skill for recording many games of his own and of other players, including François-André Danican Philidor, the leading master of his time, left a valuable historical record for future generations.
George W. Bush | George Washington | George H. W. Bush | George | George Bernard Shaw | Order of St Michael and St George | George Gershwin | George Orwell | George Harrison | George Clooney | George III of the United Kingdom | George Frideric Handel | Margaret Atwood | David Lloyd George | George Washington University | George Lucas | Saint George | George III | George Michael | George Pataki | George Clinton | George S. Patton | George IV of the United Kingdom | George Soros | George V | George Balanchine | George Armstrong Custer | George Jones | George II of Great Britain | George VI |
George Atwood Slater (September 2, 1867 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut – February 23, 1937 in Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.