John Dee

1527 - 1609

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John Dee was an English scholar who wrote on trigonometry, on calendar reform, on navigation, on geography and on astrology. He became astrologer to Queen Mary but was imprisoned for being a magician.
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List of References (22 books/articles)

Some Quotations (4)

Mathematicians born in the same country

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  1. Aubrey's Brief Lives entry

Honours awarded to John Dee
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  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. NNDB
  3. John Dee Society
  1. The Galileo Project
  2. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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