James Hume (mathematician)

[4] On the title-page of his Pantaleonis Vaticinia Satyra, dated Rouen, 1633, Hume is called "Med.

It is dedicated to Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram, and has an historical appendix on contemporary affairs, mostly German.

Some Latin verses in the same book accuse Morinus of plagiarism for having used some proofs of theorems given by Hume to John Napier.

[2] In 1636 Hume published at Paris Algèbre de Viète d'une Méthode nouuelle, claire et facile, and Traité de la Trigonométric pour resoudre tous Triangles rectilignes et sphériques.

A translation of one of his works into French, apparently his De Arte muniendi more Gallico, appeared under the title Fortifications Françaises d'une Méthode facile.