François Viète, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Viète

French mathematician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Fontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1603

Profession: lawyer, mathematician, cryptographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

François Viète (Latin: Franciscus Vieta; 1540 – 23 February 1603), Seigneur de la Bigotière, was a French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra, due to its innovative use of letters as parameters in equations.
He was a lawyer by trade, and served as a privy councillor to both Henry III and Henry IV of France.