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Popular As | Brook Taylor |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Age | years old |
Zodiac Sign | Leo |
Born | August 18, 1685 (London, England) |
Birthday | August 18 |
Town/City | London, England |
Nationality | England |
Brook Taylorโs zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Brook Taylor was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
English mathematician chiefly responsible for the creation of the calculus tools Taylor's theorem and Taylor series. His work would later be described by Joseph-Louis Lagrange as "the main foundation of differential calculus."
He attended St. John's College, Cambridge where he was mentored by John Machin and John Keill.
He was elected to the Royal Society in 1712 and later acted as their secretary between 1714 and 1718.
He was born in Edmonton, England. He married Miss Brydges of Wallington, Surrey in 1721, but she and his son died upon his birth. He remarried to Sabetta Sawbridge who also died in childbirth with his daughter Elizabeth. He died at only 46 in November 1731.
He sat on the committee at the Royal Society during the adjudicating of