16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
Elizabeth I's court astronomer who coined the term "British Empire" — then walked away from royal favor to chase angels and alchemical secrets across Europe, returning to find his legendary library destroyed and his reputation in ruins.
John Dee was born on 13 July 1527 and built one of England's largest private libraries while serving as mathematician, astronomer, and advisor to Elizabeth I. He advocated for English colonial expansion in the New World and is credited with coining "British Empire." The turn came when he left the Queen's service to pursue the occult and supernatural, aligning with figures who may have been charlatans and traveling through Europe under accusations of spying for the Crown. He returned to England to discover his home and library vandalised. Elizabeth took him back, but her successor James I turne…
Sourced, dated quotes from John Dee
There is (gentle reader) nothing (the works of God only set apart) which so much beautifies and adorns the soul and mind of man as does knowledge of the good arts and sciences.
Neither the circle without the line, nor the line without the point, can be artificially produced.
Although the semicircle of the Moon is placed above the circle of the Sun and would appear to be superior, nevertheless we know that the Sun is ruler and King.
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