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Abraham de Moivre
Born: May 26, 1667
Died: November 27, 1754 (aged 87)
Bio: Abraham de Moivre was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, one of those that link complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, and James Stirling.
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