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See also:PELL, See also:JOHN (16so-1685) , See also:English mathematician, was See also:born on the 1st of See also:March 1610 at Southwick in See also:Sussex, where his See also:father was See also:minister. He was educated at See also:Steyning, and entered Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, at the See also:age of thirteen. During his university career he became an accomplished linguist, and even before he took his M.A. degree (in 163o) corresponded with See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Briggs and other mathematicians. His See also:great reputation and the See also:influence of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Boswell, the English See also:resident, with the states-See also:general procured his See also:election in 1643 to the See also:chair of See also:mathematics in See also:Amsterdam, whence he removed in 1646, on the invitation of the See also:prince of See also:Orange, to See also:Breda, where he remained till 1652.
F'*o**i. 1631 to 1638 Pell acted as See also:Cromwell's See also:political See also:agent to the See also:Protestant cantons of See also:Switzerland. On his return to See also:England he took orders and was appointed by See also:Charles II. to the rectory of Fobbing in See also:Essex, and in 1673 he was presented by See also:Bishop See also:Sheldon to the rectory of Laindon in the same See also:county. His devotion to mathematical See also:science seems to haye interfered alike with his See also:advancement in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church and with the proper management of his private affairs. For a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he was confined as a debtor in the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench See also:prison. He lived, on the invitation of Dr See also:Whistler, for a See also:short time in 1682 at the College of Physicians, but died on the 12th of See also:December 1685 at the See also:house of Mr Cothorne, reader of the church of St See also:Giles-in-the See also:Fields. Many of Pell's See also:manuscripts See also:fell into the hands of Dr See also:Busby, See also:master of See also:Westminster School, and afterwards came into the See also:possession of the Royal Society; they are still preserved in something like See also:forty See also:folio volumes, which contain, not only Pell's own See also:memoirs, but much of his See also:correspondence with the mathematicians of his time.
The Diophantine See also:analysis was a favourite subject with Pell; he lectured on it at Amsterdam; and he is now best remembered for the indeterminate See also:equation ax'+I =y2, which is known by his name. This problem was proposed by See also:Pierre de See also:Fermat first to Bernhard Frenicle de Bessy, and in 1657 to all mathematicians. Pell's connexion with the problem simply consists of the publication of the solutions of John See also:Wallis and See also:Lord Brounker in his edition of Branker's See also:Translation of Rhonius's See also:Algebra (1668). His See also:chief See also:works arc: Astronomical See also:History of Observations of Heavenly Motions and Appearances (1634); Ecliptica prognostica (1634); Controversy with See also:Longomontanus concerning the See also:Quadrature of the Circle (1646?); An See also:Idea of the Mathematics, 121110 (1650); A Table of Ten Thousand Square See also:Numbers (fol.; 1672).
End of Article: PELL, JOHN (16so-1685)
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