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Fran&#;ois Vi&#;te - Life
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Fran&#;ois Vi&#;te (or Vieta, as he is often known by his latinized name) was born in in Fontenay-le-Comte, France.
Educated in a cloister school, then at the University of Poitiers, he took up the practice of law in his home town. He soon rose to prominence by his astute legal services to prominent people, and later served as royal councilor to Kings Henry III and Henry IV of France.
In his spare time he worked on mathematics and published his results at his own expense. He has been called the father of modern algebra [Enc. Brit.] and the foremost mathematician of the sixteenth century [Kline, p.
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A few stories will indicate something of his character. While working for King Henry III, he discovered the key to a Spanish cipher of characters, and so was able to read the secret correspondence of his enemies. Philipp II of Spain w