I think he wanted to be able to read and write
It’s c, cuneiform origins can be traced back to about 8,000 BC and it developed from pictographs and other symbols used to represent trade goods and livestock on clay tablets
John Wallis was an English clergyman and mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 he served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. He is credited with introducing the symbol ∞ to represent the concept of infinity.
