Henry Briggs

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Henry_Briggs
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Mathematician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Gresham_College
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Thomas_Newcomen
gptkb:Robert_Hooke
gptkb:John_Wallis
gptkb:Samuel_Pepys
gptkb:Christopher_Wren
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:John_Evelyn
gptkb:John_Wilkins
gptkb:Henry_More
gptkb:Isaac_Barrow
gptkb:William_Petty
gptkb:John_Flamsteed
gptkb:John_Ray
gptkb:Robert_Boyle
gptkb:Edmond_Halley
gptkb:Thomas_Harriot
gptkb:Richard_Bentley
gptkbp:born 1561
gptkbp:contribution Briggsian logarithm
improved calculation of logarithms
gptkbp:died 1630
gptkbp:education gptkb:St._John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:field gptkb:Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Briggs
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mathematics
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:John_Napier
gptkbp:known_for logarithms
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notable_feature decimal logarithm
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Mathematician
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:work gptkb:Arithmetica_Logarithmica
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Napier
gptkb:John_Napier
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5