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British mathematician (1611–1685)

This article is about the mathematician. For his son, the American landowner, see John Pell (landowner).

John Pell (1 March 1611 – 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad.

He was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish.

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He was also a compeer and correspondent of René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes.

Early life

He was born at Southwick in West Sussex, England. His father, also named John Pell, was from Southwick, and his mother was Mary Holland, from Halden in Kent.

The second of two sons, Pell's older brother was Thomas Pell.

Biography of 1 mathematician john

By the time he was six, they were orphans, their father dying in 1616 and their mother the following year. John Pell the elder had a fine library, which proved valuable to the young Pell as he grew up. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School and entered Trinity College, C