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William Oughtred

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William Oughtred

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Also known as Christsgift Caryll

English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)

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William Oughtred (1574–1660) was an English mathematician, inventor, astronomer, and Christian minister. Born in Eton, he was educated at Eton College and King's College. He served as a vicar and parson and was employed by the University of Cambridge. Oughtred was a citizen of the Kingdom of England and adhered to Anglicanism. He spoke and wrote in English and Latin.

His notable work includes the slide rule. Other publications attributed to him include *The key of the mathematicks new forged and filed*, *Guilelmi Oughtred Aetonensis ... Clavis mathematicae denuo limata, sive potius fabricata*, *Trigonometrie*, and *Arithmeticae in nvmeris et speciebvs institvtio*. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Oughtred died in Albury.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1575
Died
1660
Works
8

Top works

  • The key of the mathematicks new forged and filed
  • Guilelmi Oughtred Aetonensis ... Clavis mathematicae denuo limata, sive potius fabricata
  • Trigonometrie
  • Arithmeticae in nvmeris et speciebvs institvtio
  • [The circles of proportion and the horizontal instrument

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1958-02-01
Active to
2020-03-24

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,873x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,811x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,511x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,940x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,680x

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Key facts

Born
5 March 1574, Eton , Buckinghamshire , England
Died
30 June 1660 (1660-06-30) (aged 86), Albury, Surrey , England
Education
Eton College
Alma mater
King's College, Cambridge
Known for
Slide rule Multiplication "×" sign
Fields
Mathematician
Institutions
King's College, Cambridge
Notable students
John Wallis Christopher Wren Richard Delamain Seth Ward

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Place of birth
Eton
Place of death
Albury
Position held
parson
Educated at
King's College
Languages spoken
Latin
Religion
Anglicanism
Notable work
slide rule
Field of work
mathematics
Image
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date of birth
1574-03-05
date of death
1660-06-13
Commons category
William Oughtred
name in native language
William Oughtred
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WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

William Oughtred (/ˈɔːtərd/ AWT-ed;5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660), also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier discovered logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales (lines, or rules) upon which slide rules are based, Oughtred was the first to use two such scales sliding by one another to perform direct multiplication and division. He is credited with inventing the slide rule in about 1622. He also introduced the "×" symbol for multiplication and the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for the sine and cosine functions.

Clerical life

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