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Pierre Fermat

was born 423 years ago

17 August 1601

Pierre de Fermat was a French lawyer and government official most remembered for his work in number theory; in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem. He is also important in the foundations of the calculus.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fermat/