Mathematician:William Ludlam

English mathematician and writer on theology who was a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Credited with first formulating what is now known as Playfair's Axiom.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: c. 1717 (some sources say 1716, some 1718 - there is little consensus)
 * Died: 1788

Theorems and Definitions

 * Formuated Playfair's Axiom.

Books and Papers

 * The Rudiments of Mathematics
 * 1770: Two Mathematical Essays: The First on Ultimate Ratios, The Second on the Power of the Wedge