# Henry Perigal

> Henry Perigal, Jr. FRAS MRI was a British stockbroker and amateur mathematician, known for his dissection-based proof of the Pythagorean theorem and for his unorthodox belief that the moon does not rotate.

*British mathematician (1801–1898)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1801-04-01
- **Died:** 1898-06-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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