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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 he 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 399,838 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). John Wallis is the 107th most popular mathematician (up from 112th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 541st in 2019) and the 9th 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 107 out of 823Before him are Gabriel Cramer, Hippocrates of Chios, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Lodovico Ferrari, John Couch Adams, and Thābit ibn Qurra. After him are G. H. Hardy, Meton of Athens, Girard Desargues, Isaac Barrow, Theon of Alexandria, and Charles Hermite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, John Wallis ranks 1After him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Ferdinand Bol, Anne Gonzaga, Carlo Dolci, Thomas Bartholin, Andreas Gryphius, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Sébastien Bourdon, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, 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, Ilona Zrínyi, Samuel Pepys, Erik Dahlbergh, Nicolas de Grigny, and Charles de Saint-Évremond.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wallis ranks 522 out of 7,765Before him are A. S. Neill (1883), James Bradley (1693), Maud of Wales (1869), William Tyndale (1494), Bobby Moore (1941), and Bill Wyman (1936). After him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Emma Thompson (1959), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), G. H. Hardy (1877), Diana Rigg (1938), and Desmond Llewelyn (1914).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Wallis ranks 9Before him are George Boole (1815), Ada Lovelace (1815), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), Joan Clarke (1917), Thomas Harriot (1560), and John Couch Adams (1819). After him are G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), Andrew Wiles (1953), Brook Taylor (1685), Oliver Heaviside (1850), and Robert Grosseteste (1175).