Edmund Gunter
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Hertfordshire |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | December 10,1626 |
| Died | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Christ Church | |
| Books | The Description and Use of His Majesties Dials in White-Hall Garden |
| The Description And Use Of The Sector, Crosse-Staffe, and Other Instruments: With a Canon of Artificiall Sines and Tangents, to a Radius of 10000. 0000. Parts, and the Use Thereof in Astronomie, Navigation, Dialling, and Fortification, &c | |
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| ID | 613053 |
Edmund Gunter Life story
Edmund Gunter, was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's quadrant, and the Gunter's scale.
