Henry Perigal

Deceased Person

1801 – 1898

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Who was Henry Perigal?

Henry Perigal, Jr. FRAS MRI was a British stockbroker and amateur mathematician, known for his dissection-based proof of the Pythagorean theorem and for his unorthodox belief that the moon does not rotate.

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Born
Apr 1, 1801
Died
Jun 6, 1898

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on July 23, 2013

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