
1610 – Pell was born in Sussex on March 1st. English diplomat and mathematician. 1624 – He entered Trinity College, Cambridge. 1634 – Wrote Astronomical History of Observations of Heavenly Motions and Appearances and Ecliptica prognostica. 1646 – Author of Controversy with Longomontanus concerning the Quadrature of the Circle. 1650 – He wrote An Idea ..