From LatinLucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukas, “man from Lucania").
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CHARLES LUCAS (1713-1771), Irish physician and politician, was the son of a country gentleman of small means in Co.
And the algebraists or arithmeticians of the 16th century, such as Luca Pacioli (Lucas de Borgo), Geronimo or Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576), and Niccola Tartaglia (1506-1559), had used geometrical constructions to throw light on the solution of particular equations.
Having studied medicine at Paris, Lucas took the degree of M.D.
On the appointment of Lord Halifax as lord lieutenant in the same year Lucas wrote him a long letter (19th of Sept.
Lucas brought in a bill in his first session to effect this reform, but was defeated on the motion to have the bill sent to England for approval by the privy council; and he insisted upon the independent.