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The John Wallis Church of England Academy is a mixed all-through school with academy status in Ashford, Kent.
John Wallis (/ ˈ w ɒ l ɪ s /; 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.
John Wallis (born Nov. 23, 1616, Ashford, Kent, Eng.—died Oct. 28, 1703, Oxford, Oxfordshire) was an English mathematician who contributed substantially to the origins of the calculus and was the most influential English mathematician before Isaac Newton.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 28, 2012 · 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.
John Wallis (1616–1703), Oxford’s Savilian Professor of Geometry from 1649 to 1703, was the most influential English mathematician before the rise of Isaac Newton. His most important works were his Arithmetic of Infinitesimals and his treatise on Conic Sections, both published in the 1650s.
Learn about John Wallis, a polymath who played a key role in the scientific revolution of the 1600s. He discovered the concept of momentum, coined the word algebra, developed infinitesimal calculus, and introduced the symbol for infinity.
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Nov 12, 2018 · Learn about John Wallis (1616-1703), a pioneer of algebra, calculus and cryptography, and a founding member of the Royal Society. Explore his life, work and legacy in this interview with the guest editors of a Special Issue on Wallis at 400.
