Jones

William Jones

Born: 1675 in Llanfihangel Tw'r Beird, Anglesey, Wales
Died: 3 July 1749 in London, England

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Although of little importance as a mathematician, William Jones is well known to historians of mathematics since he corresponded with many 17th Century mathematicians, including Newton.

Jones served on the Royal Society committee appointed to decide who had invented the infinitesimal calculus, Newton or Leibniz.

In 1731 he published Discourses of the Natural Philosophy of the Elements.

On his death he left a large collection of manuscripts and correspondence which it appears he had intended to publish as a major piece of work. There are many notes and copied parts of original manuscripts to which he had access.

References elsewhere in this archive:

Tell me about Jones's part in evaluating pi

Other Web sites:

Rice University, USA

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. Lord Teignmouth, Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones (London, 1804). 
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