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Information is provided on the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM) meeting titled "John Wallis and the Parallel Postulate" held at the Mathematical Institute at Oxford University, England on June 11, 2013 and the meeting titled "Geometry from Euclid to Einstein" organized by BSHM and the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education (OUDCE) held at Oxford University June 22-June 23, 2013. Topics, including the British mathematician John Wallis, the relationship between geometry and art and 19th century non-Euclidean geometry, are discussed.

The article talks about a conference that focuses on the history of mathematician John Wallis dealing with his works on mathematics, music theory or canonics, and cryptography in the 17th century, views on Presbyterianism, and foundations of geometry and parallel postulate.