François Viète

1540 – 1603 France

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Who was François Viète?

French mathematician (*1540 – †1603)

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on François Viète (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

January 1, 1540

Died

1603

Nationality

Zodiac Sign

Capricorn

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