John Machin

John Machin was a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London. He is best known for developing a quickly converging series for pi in 1706 and using it to compute pi to 100 decimal places.

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Who was born first?

• John Machin was born 1 year after Firmin Abauzit
• John Machin was born 2 years before Roger Cotes
• John Machin was born 2 years after Pierre Raymond de Montmort
• John Machin was born 2 years after Jakob Hermann
• John Machin was born 3 years before Giovanni Poleni

Timeline

1. Jakob HermannJuly 16, 1678 – July 11, 1733
2. Pierre Raymond de MontmortOctober 27, 1678 – October 7, 1719
3. Firmin AbauzitNovember 12, 1679 – March 20, 1767
4. John Machin (this page)1680 – June 9, 1751
5. Roger CotesJuly 10, 1682 – June 5, 1716
6. Giovanni PoleniAugust 23, 1683 – November 15, 1761

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