Johan Jacob Ferguson

He was born around 1630, probably in The Hague, and died before 24 November 1706, probably on 6 October 1691 in Amsterdam.^[1]

In his 1667 book Labyrinthus algebrae, written in low Dutch,^[2] he shows the solutions of cubic and biquadratic equations using new methods.^[3] The book had a partial translation in Latin (lost) and was sent to Isaac Newton.^[4][5]

• Labyrinthus algebrae (in Dutch). 's-Gravenhage: Johannes Rammazeyn. 1667.