1612

André Tacquet

Sluiten
First name
André
Last name
Tacquet
Date of Birth
1612
Date of Death
1660
Born in
Antwerp
Died in
Antwerp

André Tacquet was a Jesuit who taught mathematics in Antwerp and Leuven. He prepared ground for the development of the integral calculus, and wrote Arithmetica theoria et praxis (Leuven, 1656), a popular text which was reprinted for almost fifty years. See: De Backer, 1853–61, vol. 2, pp. 615–7; De Backer and Sommervogel, 1869–76, vol. 3, cols 1035–8; Bosmans, 1925.