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John Wallis
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- Reading, writing, and doing mathematics in turbulent times, John Wallis (1616–1703) became the Savilian Professor of Geometry in unpromising circumstances, but held that position for longer than any other. Taking seriously the founder’s injunctions to study, edit, and publish the ancient mathematical texts, as well as to teach mathematics, he also enjoyed a long career as a robust and combative mathematical author. In this chapter we consider Wallis’s achievements as a reader, writer, and shaper of mathematics in the early modern world. In the long history of the Savilian professorships at Oxford, John Wallis’s tenure of the Geometry chair is unique.
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- 10.1093/oso/9780198869030.003.0002
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- Oxford University Press
- Host title:
- Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry: The First 400 Years
- Pages:
- 28-53
- Chapter number:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Publication date:
- 2022-02-17
- Edition:
- 1
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- 9780191905506
- ISBN:
- 9780198869030
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