John Machin
1680 - 1751
Click the picture above
to see a larger version
John Machin was an English mathematician and astronomer best known for the formulas he invented for calculating π.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to John Machin (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1710 |
| Previous | (Chronologically) | Next | Main Index |
| Previous | (Alphabetically) | Next | Biographies index |
JOC/EFR © April 2003
The URL of this page is:
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Machin.html