A contemporary of Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Johannes Kepler, and Galilei Galileo, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was an English scientist and mathematician. His principal biographer, J. W. Shirley, was qu...
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Thomas Harriot (also spelled "Hariot"; "Heriot"; "Harriots"; and so on) was among the most distinguished of the Elizabethan polymaths. According to his epitaph, he "cultivated all the sciences / And e...
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Harriot was a man of many interests and accomplishments, particularly in the fields of mathematics, astronomy and physics. Harriot's early life is relatively unknown, other than the fact that he was b...
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Thomas Harriot
Thomas Harriot
Thomas Harriot (or Hariot)