Henry Briggs (mathematician)
(1561-1630)
British mathematician, inventor of common logarithms
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Henry Briggs (February 1561 – 26 January 1630) was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour.
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1 February 1561 Warleywood, Yorkshire, England
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| Died |
26 January 1630 (aged 68) Oxford, England
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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