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William Oughtred (5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660), also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. [2] [3] [4] After John Napier invented 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 ...
Apr 1, 2024 · William Oughtred (born March 5, 1574, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England—died June 30, 1660, Albury, Surrey) was an English mathematician and Anglican minister who invented the earliest form of the slide rule, two identical linear or circular logarithmic scales held together and adjusted by hand.
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William Oughtred was a clergyman and self-taught mathematician. He introduced the familiar multiplication × sign and invented the slide-rule. The slide-rule produced an upsurge in calculation speeds and boosted the rate of progress in the physical sciences and engineering that began in the 1600s.
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Mar 5, 2012 · 5 March 1574. Eton, Buckinghamshire, England. Died. 13 June 1660. Albury, Surrey, England. Summary. William Oughtred was an English mathematician who is best known for his invention of an early form of the slide rule. He invented many new symbols including X for multiplication and :: for proportion. View five larger pictures. Biography.
Anglican clergyman William Oughtred (1574-1660) is considered one of the world's great mathematicians due to his writings on the subject and his invention of the logarithmic slide rule.
William Oughtred (1574–1660) was born at Eton and educated at King’s College, Cambridge University, where he became a fellow and where his father, Benjamin Oughtred (d. 1618), was a writing-master and registrar. He earned his BA in 1596 and MA in 1600, during a period in which he began to study mathematics intensively.
William Oughtred, also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier invented logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales 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.
