# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-neile
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:34:12.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-neile"
name: "William Neile"
slug: "william-neile"
description: "William Neile was an English mathematician and founder member of the Royal Society. His major mathematical work, the rectification of the semicubical parabola, was carried out when he was aged nineteen, and was published by John Wallis. By carrying out the determination of arc lengths on a curve given algebraically, in other words by extending to algebraic curves generally with Cartesian geometry a basic concept from differential geometry, it represented a major advance in what would become infinitesimal calculus. His name also appears as Neil."
tagline: "British mathematician"
gender: "male"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1637-12-16"
deathDate: "1670-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           7.203132
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  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "William Neile"
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    title: "William Neile"
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    title: "Нейл, Уильям"
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    title: "Вилијам Нил"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump