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John Wallis

was born 408 years ago

23 November 1616

John Wallis was an English mathematician who built on Cavalieri's method of indivisibles to devise a method of interpolation. Using Kepler's concept of continuity he discovered methods to evaluate integrals.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Wallis/