- Thomas Harriot
- n. (1560-1621) English mathematician and astronomer who founded the English school of algebra and introduced new symbols and notation
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Thomas Harriot — (c. 1560 – 2 July 1621) was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, and translator. Some sources give his surname as Harriott or Hariot. He is sometimes credited with the introduction of the potato to Great Britain and Ireland [ [http … Wikipedia
Thomas Harriot — 1602 Thomas Harriot (* 1560 in Oxford; † 2. Juli 1621 in Sion House bei Isleworth, Surrey) war ein englischer Mathematiker, Naturphilosoph und Astronom. Er gründete die English School of Algebra … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thomas Harriot — Portrait présumé de Thomas Harriot, 1602. Thomas Harriot, Harriott, Hariot, voire Heriot, né à Oxford en 1560 et mort à Londres le 2 juillet 1621, est un mathématicien et astronome anglais. On lui doit, avec F … Wikipédia en Français
Thomas Harriot — Retrato de Thomas Harriot en 1602. Thomas Harriot (Oxford, 1560 – Londres, 2 de julio de 1621) fue un astrónomo, matemático, etnógrafo y traductor inglés. Fue el creador de varios símbolos y notaciones emplegados en álgebra usados hasta ahora … Wikipedia Español
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences — is the liberal arts college at East Carolina University. It is composed principally of departments in mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.In 1941, the Board of Trustees approved an undergraduate degree program in… … Wikipedia
Harriot — Thomas Harriot 1602 Thomas Harriot (* 1560 in Oxford; † 2. Juli 1621 in Sion House bei Isleworth, Surrey) war ein englischer Mathematiker, Naturphilosoph und Astronom. Er gründete die English School of Algebra … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thomas Hornsby — FRS (1733 1810) was a British astronomer and mathematician. Hornsby became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1760.He occupied the Savilian Chair of Astronomy at Oxford University from 1763. In the same year, he became professor of… … Wikipedia
Thomas Allen (mathematician) — Thomas Allen (or Alleyn) (Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, 21 December 1542 30 September 1632) was an English mathematician and astrologer. He was admitted scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, in 1561; and graduated as M.A. in 1567. In 1580 he quit his… … Wikipedia
Harriot, Thomas — ▪ English mathematician and astronomer also spelled Hariot born 1560, Oxford, Eng. died July 2, 1621, London mathematician, astronomer, and investigator of the natural world. Little is known of him before he received his bachelor s… … Universalium
Harriot (crater) — lunar crater data latitude=33.1 N or S=N longitude=114.3 E or W=E diameter=56 km depth= Unknown colong=246 eponym=Thomas HarriotHarriot is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. It lies just to the north of the … Wikipedia
