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John Lightfoot
1675Dec, 6

John Lightfoot

John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
John Lightfoot (29 March 1602 – 6 December 1675) was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

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    Integral calculus

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