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Isaac Barrow 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 a proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus. 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…
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science · English Christian theologian, and mathematician (1630–1677) · theologian · mathematician · historian of mathematics · physicist · university teacher · philosopher · also Isaac Barrow, Barrow
Born October 1630 · Died 4 May 1677 · Q207718
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Virtue is not a mushroom, that springeth up of itself in one night when we are asleep, or regard it not; but a delicate plant, that groweth slowly and tenderly, needing much pains to cultivate it, much care to guard it, much time to mature it, in our untoward soil, in this world's unkindly weather.
Career landmark: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1673–1677).
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Published “Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” in The Lancet — cited 4,583 times.
Published “Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” in The Lancet — cited 4,140 times.
Published “Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet Public Health — cited 4,494 times.
Published “The Sequence of the Human Genome” in Science — cited 10,211 times.
Died 1677-05-04.
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“Virtue is not a mushroom, that springeth up of itself in one night when we are asleep, or regard it not; but a delicate plant, that groweth slowly and tenderly, needing much pains to cultivate it, much care to guard it, much time to mature it, in our untoward soil, in this world's unkindly weather.”
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Career landmark: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1673–1677).
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Career landmark: royal chaplain (1670–1673).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1663).
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Career landmark: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (1663–1669).
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“Ration before the University of Cambridge on being elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics,”
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Studied at University of Cambridge (1649–1652).
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Studied at Trinity College (1646–1649).
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Studied at Felsted School (1640–1643).
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Studied at Charterhouse School (1640).
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Born 1630-10.
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