Person
Brook Taylor
1685 – 1731 · aged 46
English mathematician (1685–1731)
- Born
- 18 Aug 1685 · Edmonton
- Died
- 1731 · London
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- 18 Aug 1685BornBorn in Edmonton
- 1712AwardFellow of the Royal Society
- 1714 – 1718RoleSecretary of the Royal Society
- 1731DiedDied in London
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Biography
Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis. Taylor's most famous developments are Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series, essential in the infinitesimal approach of functions in specific points.
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