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English mathematician (1574–1660)
material on Oughtred. Account of Oughtred by John Aubrey William Oughtred's "Key of the Mathematics" (John Salusbury's English translation of Oughtred's "Clavis
William_Oughtred
Name list
Bernard Oughtred (1880–1949), English rugby union player Elizabeth Oughtred (1518–1568), English baroness, wife of Anthony Ughtred Evelyne Oughtred Buchanan
Oughtred
Mechanical analog computer
1622, William Oughtred of Cambridge combined two handheld Gunter rules to make a device that is recognizably the modern slide rule. Oughtred became involved
Slide_rule
English noblewoman
Elizabeth Seymour (c. 1518 – 19 March 1568) was a younger daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth. Elizabeth and her
Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell
Elizabeth_Seymour,_Lady_Cromwell
England international rugby union player
Bernard Oughtred (1880–1949) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1901 to 1903. He also captained his country. Bernard Oughtred was
Bernard_Oughtred
Unit of distance (1,852 m)
arcminute). In 1633, William Oughtred suggested 349,800 feet to a degree (5830 feet per arcminute). Both Gunter and Oughtred put forward the notion of dividing
Nautical_mile
English ballerina and former principal dancer
September 2009. Geneeballetcompetition.com "Close-up: Natasha Oughtred". The Guardian. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2026. Natasha Oughtred at IMDb
Natasha_Oughtred
Number, approximately 3.14
213–225. Oughtred, William (1648). Clavis Mathematicæ [The key to mathematics] (in Latin). London: Thomas Harper. p. 69. (English translation: Oughtred, William
Pi
Mathematical symbol
Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio. This appendix has been attributed to William Oughtred, who used the same symbol in his 1631 algebra text, Clavis Mathematicae
Multiplication_sign
Mathematics book written by William Oughtred
Geometry", which had been written by Oughtred earlier in life. The original edition brought the autodidactic Oughtred acclaim amongst mathematicians, but
Clavis_mathematicae
Name list
name spelling variants include : Uhtred, Uchtred, Uchtredus, Ughtred, Oughtred, Owtred, Uthred, Ucterd, Uhtred, Utred, Uchdryd, Uchdrud. Uhtred of Bebbanburg
Uhtred
Method of constructing boats and ships
pioneered by Iain Oughtred. The planking is normally cut from plywood and, after shaping, is glued with epoxy resin. Based in Britain, Oughtred initially worked
Clinker_(boat_building)
2015 British television drama series
Benjamin Whitrow as Archbishop Warham Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Bess Oughtred[Series 2] Ellie de Lange as Jenneke [Series 2] Hannah Khalique-Brown as
Wolf_Hall_(TV_series)
Programmable machine that processes data
slide rule was invented around 1620–1630 by the English clergyman William Oughtred, shortly after the publication of the concept of the logarithm. It is a
Computer
Symbol combining both + and - signs
and the sign in its modern form was used as early as 1631, in William Oughtred's Clavis Mathematicae. In mathematical formulas, the ± symbol may be used
Plus–minus_sign
In 1638 William Oughtred wrote a letter to Allen asking him to make the earliest known Oughtred slide rule, and indicating that Oughtred himself had never
Elias_Allen
Public collegiate university in England
and Augustus De Morgan; Michael Atiyah, a geometry specialist; William Oughtred, inventor of the logarithmic scale; John Wallis, first to explain the law
University_of_Cambridge
multiplication sign 1618 William Oughtred ± plus–minus sign 1628 William Oughtred ∷ proportion sign 1628 William Oughtred n√ radical symbol (for nth root)
Table of mathematical symbols by introduction date
Table_of_mathematical_symbols_by_introduction_date
Welsh mathematician (1675–1749)
earlier abbreviations for the Greek word periphery (περιφέρεια) by William Oughtred and others. His 1711 work Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones ac
William_Jones_(mathematician)
Development of the mathematical function
scale, logarithmic on one side, tabular on the other. In 1630, William Oughtred of Cambridge invented a circular slide rule, and in 1632 combined two handheld
History_of_logarithms
Mathematical symbol of equality
influential works, Thomas Harriot's Artis analyticae praxis, William Oughtred's Clavis mathematicae and Richard Norwood's Trigonometria. The sign was
Equals_sign
English actress
Kathy Freeman Main role 2024 Wolf Hall - The Mirror and the Light Bess Oughtred Episode: "Defiance" (season 2) 2025 Talamasca: The Secret Order Olive Farington
Maisie_Richardson-Sellers
Small molecule (PROTAC)
67 (15): 13106–13116. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01017. PMID 39078401. Oughtred R, Rust J, Chang C, Breitkreutz BJ, Stark C, Willems A, et al. (January
Proteolysis_targeting_chimera
Sir Henry Ughtred or Oughtred (c. 1533 – June 1599) was a merchant and shipbuilder during the reign of Elizabeth I. One of his ships, the Leicester, sailed
Henry_Ughtred
British artist
Evelyne Oughtred Buchanan, née Watson, (21 January 1883–21 November 1978), was a British artist, notable for her landscape paintings. Buchanan was born
Evelyne_Oughtred_Buchanan
British writer (born 1944)
Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was Canadian airman William Oughtred and his mother was Englishwoman Dorothy Cornwell, a member of the Women's
Bernard_Cornwell
Graduated markings, generally logarithmic, on slide rule
Richard; Hume, Ted; Koppany, Bob, eds. (2012). Oughtred Society Slide Rule Reference Manual (PDF). Oughtred Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on
Slide_rule_scale
Irish Baronet (died 1644)
called Muskrinownan) from Sir Henry Oughtred's heirs, increasing his lands in Munster from 10,500 to 33,678 acres. Oughtred had died childless in 1599 and
Sir George Courtenay, 1st Baronet
Sir_George_Courtenay,_1st_Baronet
Mathematical function, inverse of an exponential function
Gunter's rule, was invented shortly after Napier's invention. William Oughtred enhanced it to create the slide rule—a pair of logarithmic scales movable
Logarithm
2024 British television drama series
Younger Hannah Steele as Mary Shelton Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Bess Oughtred Corentin Fila as Christophe Viola Prettejohn as Mary Fitzroy Jordan Kouamé
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Wolf_Hall:_The_Mirror_and_the_Light
English mathematician (c. 1625–1675)
is mentioned in John Aubrey's Brief Lives as a great friend of William Oughtred the mathematician. He is also briefly referred to in Aubrey's 'Natural
Ralph_Greatorex
System of symbolic representation
constant (proposed by William Jones, based on an earlier notation of William Oughtred). Since then many new notations have been introduced, often specific to
Mathematical_notation
Name list
(born 2001), Malaysian golfer Natasha Osawaru, Nigerian politician Natasha Oughtred, English ballerina Natasha Owens (born 1976), American Christian musician
Natasha
Volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius for the only time this century. William Oughtred publishes Clavis Mathematicae, introducing the multiplication sign (×)
1631_in_science
English soldier and military administrator
Sir Anthony Ughtred or Oughtred, Knight banneret (c. 1478 – 6 October 1534) was an English soldier and military administrator during the reigns of Henry
Anthony_Ughtred
Geometrical figure
na and メ me. The multiplication sign (×), often attributed to William Oughtred (who first used it in an appendix to the 1618 edition of John Napier's
Cross
English mathematician, astronomer and bishop
Gunning). In the 1640s, he took instruction in mathematics from William Oughtred, and stayed with relations of Samuel Ward. In 1649, he became Savilian
Seth Ward (bishop of Salisbury)
Seth_Ward_(bishop_of_Salisbury)
Frisius Marin Getaldić Guidobaldo del Monte John Napier Pedro Nunes William Oughtred Luca Pacioli Robert Recorde Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia Galileo Ludovico
List_of_Renaissance_figures
Biological database
1186/gb-2003-4-3-r23. PMC 153463. PMID 12620108. Chatr-Aryamontri A, Breitkreutz BJ, Oughtred R, Boucher L, Heinicke S, Chen D, Stark C, Breitkreutz A, Kolas N, O'Donnell
BioGRID
English rugby union player (born 1978)
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Mike_Tindall
Advanced type of slide rule
Retrieved 6 June 2021. "Stanley Whythe Complex calculator". Oughtred Society Rarities Gallery. Oughtred Society. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved
Fuller_calculator
Yorkshire food company
Jackson Headquarters Hessle, Area served United Kingdom Key people Nicholas Oughtred (chairman) Subsidiaries William Jackson Food Group Limited Website www
William_Jackson_Food_Group
Series of novels by Bernard Cornwell
background. When he was 58, Cornwell met his birth father, William Outhred (or Oughtred), for the first time while on a book tour in Vancouver, Canada. There was
The_Saxon_Stories
17th-century English surveyor and cartographer
that around this time Oughtred was working on his Treatise on Trigonometry (not published until 1657): see entry for Oughtred (William) in A New and
Nicholas_Lane
England international rugby union footballer
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Frank_Reginald_Adams
17th-century English soldier, courtier, and arts patron
supporting others, including Walter Warner, Robert Payne, and William Oughtred. During the First English Civil War from 1642 to 1646, he became a Lieutenant
Charles Cavendish (Nottingham MP)
Charles_Cavendish_(Nottingham_MP)
2.71828...; base of natural logarithms
It is assumed "almost certainly" that the table was written by William Oughtred. In 1661, Christiaan Huygens studied how to compute logarithms by geometrical
E_(mathematical_constant)
English mathematician
William Oughtred (1574-1660). He is best known for his book, a translation and edition of Oughtred's treatise entitled The Circles of Proportion. Oughtred invented
William Forster (mathematician)
William_Forster_(mathematician)
British Lions & England international rugby union player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Ivor_Preece
"Diagonals and Transversals: Magnifying the Scale" (PDF). Journal of the Oughtred Society. 13 (2): 22–28. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nomograms
Transversal (instrument making)
Transversal_(instrument_making)
aluminium Elisha Otis (1811–1861), U.S. – safety system for elevators William Oughtred (1575–1660), UK – slide rule Arogyaswami Paulraj (born 1944), India/U.S
List_of_inventors
British Lions & England international rugby union player (born 1978)
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Lewis_Moody
Mechanical pocket calculator
CURTA Calculator: Curt Herzstark, An Autobiography. Roseville, Calif.: Oughtred Society. 2012. ISBN 9780979147760. OCLC 778199457. Stoll, Cliff (January
Curta
Slide rule designed by Henry Coggeshall
Slide Rule History Archived July 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. The Oughtred Society. URL accessed 2006-06-09 This article incorporates text from a
Coggeshall_slide_rule
English academic theologian
of note-taking. He provided John Wallis with an introduction to William Oughtred, steering Wallis towards mathematics (Wallis graduated BA at Emmanuel as
Richard_Holdsworth
Rowing boat
Skiff (pronounced Saint Isles) is a 4 oared rowing boat, designed by Iain Oughtred and inspired by the traditional Fair Isle skiff. The boat’s hull and frames
St._Ayles_Skiff
Symbolic description of a mathematical object
symbolic manipulation. The multiplication sign (×) was first used by William Oughtred and the division sign (÷) by Johann Rahn. René Descartes further advanced
Expression_(mathematics)
England international rugby union player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Joe_Mycock
England international rugby union player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Peter_Dalton_Young
England international rugby union player and head coach
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Steve_Borthwick
Ceremonial officer of the English county
Arnold Maxsted 1999–2000 Andrew Leslie Marr 2000–2001 Christopher McLaren Oughtred 2001–2002 Elizabeth Susan Cunliffe-Lister, of Burton Agnes Hall, Driffield
High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire
High_Sheriff_of_the_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Emergence of modern science (1572-1687)
This calculating aid was a predecessor of the slide rule. It was William Oughtred who first used two such scales sliding by one another to perform direct
Scientific_Revolution
English architect (1632–1723)
mathematics Institutions All Souls' College, Oxford Academic advisors William Oughtred Surveyor of the King's Works In office 1669–1718 Preceded by John Denham
Christopher_Wren
Measuring tool used in navigation and astronomy
"Diagonals and Transversals: Magnifying the Scale" (PDF). Journal of the Oughtred Society: 22–28. Retrieved 2 May 2017. Eisele, Margarete. "The Nonius".
Nonius_(device)
British Lions & England international rugby union player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Jeff_Butterfield
Decade
Katherine Ferrers, English aristocrat and heiress (b. 1634) June 30 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575) July 7 – Anna of Pomerania, Duchess-Consort
1660s
Cornelis Drebbel, and Galileo Galilei. 1630: Slide rule: invented by William Oughtred 1630: first use of the flintlock 1642: Mechanical calculator. The Pascaline
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Time-telling device
inspired by the mariner's astrolabe. It was likely invented by William Oughtred around 1600 and became common throughout Europe. In its simplest form,
Sundial
Great Britain and England dual-code international rugby player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Jason_Robinson_(rugby)
England international rugby union player (born 1986)
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Dylan_Hartley
British Lions & England international rugby union player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Tony_Diprose
British Lions & England international rugby union player & coach
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Martin_Johnson_(rugby_union)
England international rugby union player
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Paul_Dodge
Unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero
"Locating the centre of mass by mechanical means" (PDF), Journal of the Oughtred Society, 15 (2), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05, retrieved
Center_of_mass
an English standpoint) had been pulled together by the text of William Oughtred, as more than a collection of symbolic abbreviations. Socially, the formation
Hobbes–Wallis_controversy
Canadian entrepreneur
November 2018. Sun, Song; Yang, Fan; Tan, Guihong; Costanzo, Michael; Oughtred, Rose; Hirschman, Jodi; Theesfeld, Chandra; Bansal, Pritpal; Sahni, Nidhi
Cathy_Tie
British ballet dancer
currently[when?] First Soloist with the Mariinsky Ballet (joined 2010) Natasha Oughtred – Graduate of the Royal Ballet School. Former Soloist with the Royal Ballet
Vanessa_Hooper
Unusual slide rule using a system similar to discrete logarithms
- System Schumacher; A Very Unusual Slide Rule" (PDF). Journal of the Oughtred Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-05. "Virtuelle Ausstellung
A._W._Faber_Model_366
English mathematician (1616–1703)
finally able to indulge his mathematical interests, mastering William Oughtred's Clavis Mathematicae in a few weeks in 1647. He soon began to write his
John_Wallis
Demolished mansion in City of Westminster, London
engraving. During the late 1620s and early 1630s, the mathematician William Oughtred had a room at Arundel House, where he instructed the Earl's son and gave
Arundel_House
English politician
antique languages was highly commended by his kinsman and tutor, William Oughtred. Sir Henry Holcroft and his wife the Hon. Lettice (Aungier) had five sons
Henry_Holcroft
Army officer & England international rugby union player (1910–1989)
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
Douglas_Kendrew
Parliament, claimed as the inspiration for Malvolio in Twelfth Night. William Oughtred (1575–1660), mathematician Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591–1646)
List of Old Etonians born before the 18th century
List_of_Old_Etonians_born_before_the_18th_century
Former Anglican church in Surrey, England
The ceiling is panelled, and decorated in a quatrefoil pattern. William Oughtred, the mathematician who invented the multiplication sign, was buried in
Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury
Old_St_Peter_and_St_Paul's_Church,_Albury
Thomas Gataker, clergyman and theologian (died 1654) 1575 5 March – William Oughtred, mathematician (died 1660) 14 August – Robert Hayman, poet (died 1629)
1570s_in_England
English soldier nobleman and politician
Thomas Ughtred, 1st Baron Ughtred (also Oughtred; Outred), KG (1292 – before 28 May 1365) was an English soldier and politician. The eldest son and heir
Thomas Ughtred, 1st Baron Ughtred
Thomas_Ughtred,_1st_Baron_Ughtred
Day of the year
Coke, English civil servant and politician (died 1644) 1575 – William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (died 1660) 1585 – John George I, Elector
March_5
British politician (1748–1816)
(meaning the summer place of Uchtryd, a name borrowed from the English word Oughtred) was first known in the 16th century as a farm in the Cwmystwyth, a grange
Thomas_Johnes
Royal Navy admiral and sportsman (1883–1947)
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
George_Hamilton_D'Oyly_Lyon
Town in Berkshire, England
and Eton relief road), a bypass opened in 1966. In birth order: William Oughtred (1574–1660), mathematician and cleric Edmund Bristow (1787–1876), artist
Eton,_Berkshire
for royal patrons and for the mathematicians Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred. In 1598 Whitwell's premisses were "withoute Temple Barre against St Clement's
Charles_Whitwell
widespread acceptance – Joseph Whitworth Rectilinear Slide rule – William Oughtred Compound steam turbine – Charles Algernon Parsons Stirling engine – Robert
List of British innovations and discoveries
List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries
UK producer of frozen food products
manufacturing business founded in Hull in 1851. The current chairman, Nicholas Oughtred, is the great-great-grandson of the founder, William Jackson. The William
Aunt_Bessie's
English mathematician
Charles I. It was attacked in William Oughtred's Circles of Proportion (1631), on grounds of plagiarism: Oughtred had taught Delamaine, and considered
Richard_Delamaine
Quaker meeting house in London, England
Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8108-6857-1. Nic Compton (27 May 2009). Iain Oughtred: A Life in Wooden Boats. A&C Black. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-1-4081-0515-3. Ursula
Hampstead_Meeting_House
arithmetic calculations, including multiplication and division. William Oughtred greatly improved this in 1630 with his circular slide rule. He followed
History_of_computing_hardware
the possibility of Oughtred being the son of Edwin is fanciful and cannot be substantiated. It would have been impossible for Oughtred to have been Bowbearer
Bowbearer
Sports team
1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
England national rugby union team
England_national_rugby_union_team
April 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016. American Slide Rule Patents (The Oughtred Society) Nystrom, John William (1862). Project of a New System of Arithmetic
John_W._Nystrom
English lawyer, courtier, diplomat and scientific writer
Walker and Abraham Woodhead, he studied mathematics, a student of William Oughtred at Albury, Surrey for nine months from 1636, finding it more stimulating
Thomas_Henshaw_(alchemist)
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Tamil
Utkarsha | உதà¯à®•à®°à¯à®·à®¾Â
Advancement
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Arabic Hebrew
or Solomon. Peace, tranquility.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Indian
Knowledge Shared by a Knowledgeable Person
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Scottish
Brown.
Girl/Female
Irish
A, meaning the high one or strength. Famous bearer: 6th century Irish abbess Brigid )known as St...
Girl/Female
Scottish
Listener.
Boy/Male
Celtic
From the narrow river.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vedic lyrics
Boy/Male
Indian
Servant of the subduer, The almighty
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