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Robert Recorde
Welsh mathematician and inventor of the symbol '='.
Wikipedia | Robert Recorde
Statements about
Robert Recorde
Occupation
Mathematician
Physician
Philosopher
Place of Birth
Tenby
Country
:
Wales
Place of Death
London Borough of Southwark
London
Instance Of
Human
Date of Birth
1512
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa
1510
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa
Date of Death
1558
Given Name
Robert
Image
Educated At
University of Cambridge
( - 1545)
End Time
:
1545
University of Oxford
(1525 - 1531)
End Time
:
1531
Start Time
:
1525
Notable Work
The Whetstone of Witte
The Ground of Arts
The Castle of Knowledge
Described by Source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Recorde, Robert (DNB00)
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24478134
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:
Recorde, Robert
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Anachronism
Wales
Employer
All Souls College
(1531 - )
Start Time
:
1531
Earliest End Date
:
1540s
University of Cambridge
(1545 - 1547)
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Presumably
End Time
:
1547
Start Time
:
1545
Royal Mint
(1549 - 1553)
End Time
:
1553
Start Time
:
1549
Sex or Gender
Male
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Field of Work
Mathematics
Place of Burial
St Mary's Church, Tenby
Image of Grave
:
bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#CommonsMedia
Image of Grave
:
bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#CommonsMedia
Coordinate Location
:
51.6717°N 4.6996°W
External Pages About Robert Recorde
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