Mathematician:William Ludlam

Mathematician

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.

Publications

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