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William Oughtred
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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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,873x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,811x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,511x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,940x
- 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
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Eton
- Place of death
- Albury
- Occupation
- Christian minister
- Position held
- parson
- Educated at
- King's College
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Notable work
- slide rule
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Wenceslas Hollar - William Oughtred.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1574-03-05
- date of death
- 1660-06-13
- Commons category
- William Oughtred
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- William Oughtred
- maintained by WikiProject
- 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “William Oughtred” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.