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William Oughtred
William Oughtred, also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier discovered 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. He is credited with inventing the slide rule in about 1622. He…
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science · English mathematician (1574–1660) · mathematician · inventor · Christian minister · astronomer · parson · also William Oughtred, Christsgift Caryll, Oughtred
Born 5 March 1574 · Died 13 June 1660 · Q311491
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Career landmark: parson (1610–1660).
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Career landmark: vicar (1604–1610).
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Studied at King's College (1592–1600).
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Born 1574-03-05.
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