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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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Key facts
- 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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Wallis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Ashford
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- archivist
- Position held
- Savilian Professor of Geometry
- Employer
- Queens' College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- John Wallis by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- John Wallis
- date of birth
- 1616-11-23
- date of death
- 1703-10-28
- name in native language
- John Wallis
- writing language
- English language
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- place of burial
- University Church of St Mary the Virgin
- P8168
- Nagari
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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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