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William Oughtred
English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 March 1574
- Died
- 13 June 1660
- Place of birth
- Eton
- Place of death
- Albury
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Oughtred
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Occupation
- mathematician, inventor, Christian minister, astronomer, parson
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- educated at
- Eton College, King's College
- employer
- University of Cambridge
- name in native language
- William Oughtred
- notable work
- slide rule, Clavis Mathematicae
- place of burial
- Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury
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