John Tipper (1663–1713) was an English mathematician and almanac-maker, now known as the founder of The Ladies' Diary, in which some important mathematical results were first published.
In 1699 he was elected master of Bablake school in that city in the place of Richard Butler.
[1] In 1704 he commenced an almanac and a serial collection of mathematical papers, under the title of The Ladies' Diary, which he continued to edit until his death.
Tipper was a mathematician of some ability, and to the typical contents of astrological almanacs he added mathematical problems of a difficult nature which his readers were invited to solve.
In 1711 Tipper started Delights for the Ingenious, a monthly magazine treating of mathematical questions and enigmas, and more recreational in its character.