MATHEMATICIAN

John Wallis

1616 - 1703

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John Wallis (; Latin: Wallisius; 3 December [O.S. 23 November] 1616 – 8 November [O.S. 28 October] 1703) was an English clergyman and mathematician, who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 Wallis served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. He is credited with introducing the symbol ∞ to represent the concept of infinity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wallis has received more than 442,138 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John Wallis is the 108th most popular mathematician (down from 107th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 522nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Mathematician.

John Wallis is most famous for his work in the field of mathematics. His work in the field of mathematics includes inventing the first symbolic method for solving algebraic equations, inventing the first symbolic method for solving cubic equations, and inventing the first symbolic method for solving quartic equations.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Wallis ranks 108 out of 1,004Before him are Christian Goldbach, Willebrord Snellius, Thomas Harriot, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Charles Hermite, and Paul Ehrenfest. After him are Anthemius of Tralles, Girard Desargues, Brook Taylor, János Bolyai, John Couch Adams, and Jean-Victor Poncelet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, John Wallis ranks 1After him are Ferdinand Bol, Carlo Dolci, Johann Jakob Froberger, Anne Gonzaga, Thomas Bartholin, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Andreas Gryphius, Sébastien Bourdon, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Eustache Le Sueur, and Kuzma Minin. Among people deceased in 1703, John Wallis ranks 5Before him are Robert Hooke, Charles Perrault, Mustafa II, and Man in the Iron Mask. After him are Vincenzo Viviani, Johann Christoph Bach, Samuel Pepys, Ilona Zrínyi, Erik Dahlbergh, Phetracha, and Nicolas de Grigny.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wallis ranks 462 out of 8,785Before him are John Bonham (1948), John Edward Gray (1800), Thomas Harriot (1560), William Adams (1564), Austen Chamberlain (1863), and Daphne du Maurier (1907). After him are Edward the Martyr (962), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Julia Gillard (1961), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Sid Vicious (1957), and Bernie Ecclestone (1930).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Wallis ranks 10Before him are George Boole (1815), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), Joan Clarke (1917), and Thomas Harriot (1560). After him are Brook Taylor (1685), John Couch Adams (1819), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Oliver Heaviside (1850), William Oughtred (1574), and Robert Grosseteste (1175).