John Greaves 1602-1652

John GREAVES 1602-52

Biographical Note

Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, orientalist.

Books

A library of more than 375 volumes, valued at £59 11s 4d, was seized from his London house by the London Committee for Sequestration in 1643.

Sources

Maddison, Francis. "Greaves, John (1602–1652), astronomer and orientalist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Roy.