Person: Arbuthnot, John

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John Arbuthnot was a Scottish scholar who translated Huygens' tract on probability in 1692 and extended it by adding a few further games of chance. This was the first work on probability published in English.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born April 1667, Inverbervie, Kincardine, Scotland. Died 27 February 1735, London, England.

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Origin Scotland


Thank you to the contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0!

Github:
bookofproofs
non-Github:
@J-J-O'Connor
@E-F-Robertson


References

Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:

  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive