Abraham de Moivre

Abraham de Moivre (May 26, 1667–November 27, 1754) was a French mathematician famous for de Moivre's formula, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697, and was a friend of Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley.

References

• H. J. R. Murray. History of Chess. Oxford University Press, 1913, p 846.