John Wallis

(1616-1703)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wallis, John, 1616-1703 NRA: Wallis, John (1616-1703) Mathematician DNB: Wallis, John (1616–1703), mathematician and cryptographer LBT ID: JoWalli1703 VIAF ID: 100212546 LOC ID: n81119439	B/BAP: 1616-12-03 DIED: 1703-10-28
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Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was a theologian and mathematician, appointed in 1649 to the Savilian Chair of Geometry at Oxford University.
REFERENCES TO John Wallis: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXI. Found 2: ¶ 28 ¶ n1