John Wallis

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Emmanuel_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:baptismDate 1616-11-23
gptkbp:birthDate 1616-11-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ashford,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace 1703-11-01
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Wallis_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1703-10-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Emmanuel_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:theology
cryptography
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Reverend
D.D.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Wallis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkb:William_Oughtred
gptkbp:knownFor contributions to calculus
work on algebra
Wallis product for π
introduction of the infinity symbol (∞)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Opera_Mathematica
gptkb:Arithmetica_Infinitorum
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
crypt
theologian
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Savilian_Professor_of_Geometry
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Oxford
gptkbp:signature John Wallis signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Susanna_Glyde
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:A_Treatise_of_Algebra
gptkb:Opera_Mathematica
gptkb:Arithmetica_Infinitorum
gptkb:De_Algebra_Tractatus
gptkb:De_Anglorum_Lingua
gptkb:De_Arithmeticis_Infinitorum
gptkb:De_Loquela
gptkb:De_Motu
gptkb:De_Pneumatica
gptkb:De_Proportionibus
gptkb:De_Sectionibus_Conicis
gptkb:Grammatica_Linguae_Anglicanae
gptkb:Institutio_Logicae
gptkb:Mechanica_sive_De_Motu
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henry_Oldenburg
gptkb:威斯敏斯特信条
gptkb:Gresham_College
gptkb:Westminster_Assembly
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5