Isaac Barrow

The Reverend Isaac Barrow
Portrait of Barrow by Mary Beale
Born	October 1630 London, England
Died	4 May 1677(1677-05-04) (aged 46) London, England
Nationality	English
Education	Felsted School, Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Fundamental theorem of calculus Optics
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge, Gresham College
Academic advisors	James Duport
Notable students	Isaac Newton
Notes
His mentor was James Duport who was a classicist, but Barrow really learned his mathematics by working under Gilles Personne de Roberval in Paris and Vincenzo Viviani in Florence.

Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus.^[1] His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. He is also notable for being the inaugural holder of the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics, a post later held by his student, Isaac Newton.