John Wallis ( 1616 - 1703 )

Birth: Ashford, Kent, England, Europe (3 December 1616) Death: Oxford, England, Europe (8 November 1703) Burial: St Mary's Church, Oxford, England, Europe Occupation: Clergyman, Church of England Mathematician Research Field: mathematics Education: School at Ashford; James Mouat's School at Ley Green, near Tenterden, Kent; Felsted School (for 2 years); Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA 1637); MA 1640); Incorporated at Oxford (1649; DD 1654); Incorporated from Oxford (1656) Career: Ordained (1640); Chaplain to Sir Richard Darley (1640-1642) and to Mary, Baroness Vere (1642-1644); employed by Parliament to decipher intercepted dispatches (1642-1645); Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge (1644-1645); Secretary to the Westminster Assembly (1644); Rector of St Gabriel's, Fenchurch Street, London (1645-1647); Minister of St Martin's, Ironmonger Lane, London (1647); Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford (1649-1703); Keeper of the Archives at Oxford (1654-1703); published 'Arithmetica Infinitorum' (1656); one of twelve Presbyterian representatives at the Savoy Conference (1661); Justice of the Peace; Decipherer to William III; opposed the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar (1692); Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Committee appointments include: Committee for Collecting all the Phaenomena of Nature hitherto observed, and all Experiments made and recorded Committee to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on the earth (1669) Other RSActivity: Frequent correspondence with secretary Henry Oldenburg.