William Oughtred
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 364 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 5,1574 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Eton |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | June 30,1660 |
| Died | Albury |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Slide rule |
| Multiplication sign | |
| Slide rule; Multiplication "×" sign | |
| Job | Mathematician |
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| Theologian | |
| Books | Clavis Mathematicae |
| Mr. William Oughtred's Key of the Mathematicks. Newly Translated from the Best Edition, with Notes, Rendring it Easy and Itelligible to Less Skilful Readers. In which Also, Some Problems Left Unanswer'd by the Author are Resolv'd . . . . | |
| Notabl student | John Wallis |
| Notable student | John Wallis |
| Christopher Wren | |
| Education | King's College, Cambridge |
| Eton College | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 492845 |
William Oughtred Life story
William Oughtred, also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier invented logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales upon which slide ...
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