Born
1667
Died
1754
Nationality
French-British
Events involving Abraham de Moivre (6)
1707
ID: 455
Abraham de Moivre develops De Moivre's theorem: (cos θ + i sin θ)ⁿ = cos(nθ) + i sin(nθ)
ID: 455
1718
ID: 431
Abraham de Moivre publishes 'The Doctrine of Chances', advancing combinatorial probability theory
ID: 431
1724
ID: 465
Lloyd's of London begins using de Moivre's probability calculations for marine insurance
ID: 465
1725
ID: 466
Edmond Halley creates first actuarial life table using de Moivre's mortality probability formulas
ID: 466
1730
ID: 495
Abraham de Moivre develops generating functions for solving recurrence relations
ID: 495
1733
ID: 498
De Moivre discovers normal distribution approximation to binomial distribution (early central limit theorem)
ID: 498