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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 (aged 46) London, England
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| 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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Lectiones habitae in scholiis publicis academiae Cantabrigiensis AD 1664
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Statue of Isaac Barrow in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
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