Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1561-02-01
- Died
- 1630-01-26
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Sermons on the Book of Ruth
- Arithmetica Logarithimica
- To Life L'Chaim
- Tables de Sinus, Tangentes, et Secantes, et de Logarithmes des Sinus, Tangentes, et des Nombres Depuis l'unité Jusques À 10000
- Effects of Errors in Surveying
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 7
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,472x
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 19,327x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,586x
- Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?
· 1996 · cited 13,936x
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Key facts
- Born
- 1 February 1561, Warleywood, Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 26 January 1630 (1630-01-26) (aged 68), Oxford , England
- Alma mater
- St. John's College, Cambridge
- Known for
- Briggsian logarithm , Long division
- Fields
- Mathematician , Astronomer
- Institutions
- Gresham College , University of Oxford
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 February 1561
- Died
- 26 January 1630
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Family name
- Briggs
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Warley Town
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Employer
- Merton College
Article
Henry Briggs (1 February 1561 – 26 January 1630) was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honor. The specific algorithm for long division in modern use was introduced by Briggs c. 1600 AD.
Briggs was a committed Puritan and an influential professor in his time.
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