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John Blagrave

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British mathematician

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1561 to 1611 · aged 50
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John Blagrave of Reading was an English Tudor mathematician, astronomer and designer of astronomical and mathematical instruments. His astrolabe designs, which he described in his writings, were advanced for Britain.

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Engraving of John Blagrave by D. Loggan, 1658. From the frontispiece of John Palmer's reprint of The Mathematical Jewel as Planispherium Catholicum. Likely based on his funerary monument.[11][12]Engraving of John Blagrave by D. Loggan, 1658. From the frontispiece of John Palmer's reprint of The Mathematical Jewel as Planispherium Catholicum. Likely based on his funerary monument.[11][12]

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John Blagrave of Reading was an English Tudor mathematician, astronomer and designer of astronomical and mathematical instruments. His astrolabe designs, which he described in his writings, were advanced for Britain. He devoted himself to mathematical study and was called, by Anthony à Wood, "the flower of mathematicians of his age"

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United Kingdom
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Lived 1561 to 1611 · aged 50
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