Person: Keill, John

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John Keill was a Scottish mathematician who acted as a propagator of Newton's philosophy.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 1 December 1671, Edinburgh, Scotland. Died 31 August 1721, Oxford, England.

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Astronomy, Origin Scotland


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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