Birth year 1340 celebrities

Birth year 1340

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster Facts

John of Gaunt (Ghent), 1st Duke of Lancaster (second creation), KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called “John of Gau

Narayana Pandit Facts

Narayana Pandita (Sanskrit: ) (1340–1400) was a major mathematician of India. Plofker writes that his texts were the most significant Sanskrit mathematics treatises after those of Bhaskara II, other than the Kerala school. He wrote the Ganita Kaumu