William Oughtred
Sign in to saveEnglish mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)
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- 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 61,508x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,872x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,978x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 5 March 1574
- Died
- 13 June 1660
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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
- parson
- Position held
- parson
- Educated at
- King's College
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
Article
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.
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