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Born November 23, 1616 • Ashford • England
Died October 28, 1703 (aged 86) • Oxford • England
Notable Works “Arithmetic of Infinities” • “Mathesis Universalis” • “Mechanica, sive Tractatus de Motu” • “Tractatus de Sectionibus Conicis” • “Treatise on Algebra”
Subjects Of Study calculus • exponent • infinitesimal • mathematics • squaring the circle • symbol

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John Wallis, oil painting after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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