John Caswell, sometimes recorded as Carswell, was an English mathematician, born in 1654 or 1655 at Crewkerne in Somerset and dying on 28 April 1712, who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, in March 1671 at the age of sixteen, took his Bachelor of Arts in 1674 and Master of Arts in 1677, and was a pupil of John Wallis, Savilian Professor of Geometry. He worked with the cartographer John Adams on the survey of England and Wales, served as vice-principal of Hart Hall, and supported Robert Simson with a testimonial when Simson was considered for the mathematics chair at Glasgow. His publications include a book on the doctrine of trigonometry, printed in 1685. He is buried in Holywell Cemetery in Oxford.
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John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655 – 28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death.
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John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655-28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death.
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John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655-28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death.
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John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655-28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death.
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John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655-28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death.
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Caswell's publications included a book on trigonometry in 1685.
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He was a pupil of John Wallis, Savilian Professor of Geometry from 1649 until his death in 1703.
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