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With almost 20,000 students, 8,500 University staff, 3,000 College employees, and 180,000 alumni, people are what make Oxford an internationally-renowned university.
John Wallis, mathematician and cryptographer, was born on this day in 1616. In 1649 he was appointed the Savilian professor of Geometry at Oxford University, where he lived until his death on October 28, 1703.