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WALLIS, John (1616 – 1703)

WALLIS, John (1616 – 1703)

1616 – 1703

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1653 CE

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Grammatica linguae anglicae. Cui praefigitur, de loquela sive sonorum formatione tractatus grammatico-physicus.

Wallis, a prominent teacher of deaf-mutes, classified the various sounds of the human voice. He taught by writing and gesture. He was Savilian Professor of Mathematics at Oxford.