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Isaac Barrow
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![]() Dr Barrow by Mary Beale
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Born | October 1630 London, England
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Died | 4 May 1677 London, England
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(aged 46)
Nationality | English |
Education | Felsted School, Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Fundamental theorem of calculus Optics |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge, Gresham College |
Academic advisors | James Duport |
Notable students | Isaac Newton |
Influences | Gilles Personne de Roberval Vincenzo Viviani |
Influenced | Isaac Newton |
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His mentor was James Duport who was a classicist, but Barrow really learned his mathematics by working under Gilles Personne de Roberval in Paris and Vincenzo Viviani in Florence.
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Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus. His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. He is also notable for being the inaugural holder of the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics, a post later held by his student, Isaac Newton who also went on to develop calculus in its modern form.
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Statue of Isaac Barrow in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge

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