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Key People

John Wallis, oil painting after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Wallis

English mathematician

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

French mathematician

James Stirling

British mathematician

Peano, Giuseppe

Giuseppe Peano

Italian mathematician