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Also known as Dr. John Wallis

English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)

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John Wallis (1616–1703) was a female author from Germany. Her literary output includes forty-three works, with notable titles such as *Reports of select cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland*, *The beauties of writing*, *Hiding from Seagulls*, *Occasional Miscellany, in Prose and Verse*, and *Return to Sunrise*. She is recognized within the Royal Society collection.

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Born
3 December [ O.S. 23 November ] 1616, Ashford, Kent , England
Died
8 November 1703 (1703-11-08) (aged 86) [ O.S. 28 October 1703 ] , Oxford , Oxfordshire , England
Education
Felsted School , Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Known for
Wallis product , Inventing the symbol ∞ , Extending Cavalieri's quadrature formula , Coining the term " momentum "
Spouse
Susanna Glynde (m. 1645)
Children
3, including Anne, Lady Blencowe
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
Queens' College, Cambridge University of Oxford
Academic advisors
William Oughtred
Notable students
William Brouncker

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Given name
John
Family name
Wallis
Gender
male
Place of birth
Ashford
Place of death
Oxford
Occupation
archivist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
mathematics
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John Wallis by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg
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member of
Royal Society
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John Wallis
date of birth
1616-11-23
date of death
1703-10-28
name in native language
John Wallis
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

John Wallis (/ˈwɒlɪs/; 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 extended Cavalieri's method of indivisibles through the use of interpolation. Applying Kepler's principle of continuity, he developed techniques for the evaluation of integrals. He is credited with introducing the symbol ∞ to represent the concept of infinity. He similarly used 1/∞ for an infinitesimal. He was a contemporary of Isaac Newton and one of the greatest intellectuals of the early modern mathematics.

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