Isaac Barrow
The Reverend Isaac Barrow | |
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Portrait of Barrow by Mary Beale | |
| Born | October 1630 London, England |
| Died | 4 May 1677 (aged 46) London, England |
| Education | Felsted School, Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Fundamental theorem of calculus Optics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge, Gresham College |
Academic advisors | James Duport |
Notable students | Isaac Newton |
| Notes | |
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. | |
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 a proof 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 at the University of Cambridge, a post later held by his student, Isaac Newton.