Difference between revisions of "Thomas Harriot 1560-1621"
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| − | [[ | + | [[occupation::Mathematician]], in the service of [[associates::Sir Walter Ralegh]], and [[associates::Henry Percy]], 9th [[title::Earl]] of [[location::Northumberland]]. |
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| − | His will reveals a sizeable library; his extensive papers, left to [[ | + | His will reveals a sizeable library; his extensive [[bequest::papers]], left to [[beneficiary::Henry Percy|Percy]], survive in the [[present Repository::British Library]] and at [[present Repository::Petworth]]. |
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| − | [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/12379 | + | Roche, J. J. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/12379 "Harriot, Thomas (c. 1560–1621), mathematician and natural philosopher."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. J. Shirley (ed), ''Thomas Harriot: renaissance scientist'', 1974. J. W. Shirley (ed), ''A source book for the study of Thomas Harriot'', 1981. |
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Thomas HARRIOT 1560-1621
Biographical Note
Mathematician, in the service of Sir Walter Ralegh, and Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland.
Books
His will reveals a sizeable library; his extensive papers, left to Percy, survive in the British Library and at Petworth.
Sources
Roche, J. J. "Harriot, Thomas (c. 1560–1621), mathematician and natural philosopher." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. J. Shirley (ed), Thomas Harriot: renaissance scientist, 1974. J. W. Shirley (ed), A source book for the study of Thomas Harriot, 1981.