Index: Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Available here are accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians (and some other scientists), adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

The mathematicians and scientists are listed below in alphabetical order.


These biographies constitute part of the collection of online material relating to the history of mathematics at the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin.

Maintained by

David R. Wilkins
(dwilkins@maths.tcd.ie)
School of Mathematics
Trinity College, Dublin