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Joseph Raphson

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British mathematician

AcademicsLived 1668 to 1715 · aged 47
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Joseph Raphson was an English mathematician and intellectual known best for the Newton-Raphson method.

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Raphson was probably baptised at St John the Baptist, Pinner in the 1660s.Raphson was probably baptised at St John the Baptist, Pinner in the 1660s.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Academics born in the 1660s 6

William Whiston52.6Árni Magnússon50.1August Hermann Francke53.4Leonty Magnitsky48.1Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri54.4Tei Junsoku46.1

About this person

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1668 to 1715 · aged 47
Written about in
17 languages

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