Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

Pierre de Fermat was a French mathematician and lawyer who lived in the 17th century. He is best known for Fermat's Last Theorem, which was one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. He was also a prominent figure in the development of number theory. Fermat was born in 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France. He studied law at the University of Toulouse and later became a lawyer. He was also an avid mathematician and ma...