William Jones ( 1675 - 1749 )

Birth: Llanfihangel Tw'r Beird, Anglesey, Wales (1675) Death: London (01 or 03 July 1749) Research Field: Mathematics Career: Entered merchant's counting house in London; travelled to West Indies; taught mathematics on board a man-of-war; Present at the capture of Vigo (1702); Teacher of mathematics in London; tutor in mathematics to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (FRS 1753), Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (FRS 1712) and George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (FRS 1722); Secretary for Peace; Deputy-Teller of the Exchequer; Governor of the Foundling Hospital; in 1711 appointed a member of the committee set up by the Royal Society to investigate the invention of calculus, and with John Machin and Halley, he was responsible for the preparation of the printed report.