Roger Cotes was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He also devised the quadrature formulas known as Newton–Cotes formulas, which originated from Newton's research, and made a geometric argument that can be interpreted as a logarithmic version of Euler's formula. He was the first Plumian Professor at Cambridge University from 1707 until his death.
Roger Cotes, English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
On June 5, in the year 1716, Roger Cotes, English mathematician and academic (born 1682). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of June 5, one of 376 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on June 5, 1716 (AD era).
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