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| − | [[occupation::Mathematician]], in the service of [[ | + | [[occupation::Mathematician]], in the service of [[crossreference::Sir Walter Ralegh]], and [[crossreference::Henry Percy]], 9th [[personal title::Earl of Northumberland]]. |
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| − | His will reveals a sizeable library; his extensive papers, [[bequest::left]] to [[ | + | His will reveals a sizeable library; his extensive papers, [[bequest::left]] to [[crossreference::Henry Percy|Percy]], survive in the [[present repository::British Library]] and at [[present repository::Petworth]]. |
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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.
- Shirley, J. W. (ed), A source book for the study of Thomas Harriot, 1981.
- Shirley, J. (ed), Thomas Harriot: renaissance scientist, 1974.