Brook Taylor

Brook Taylor FRS (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician who is best known for Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series.

He has a crater on the moon named after him.

In John Closterman's painting, The Children of John Taylor of Bifrons Park, Brook Taylor sits second from left, holding a recorder.

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