Digges, Thomas, approximately 1546-1595 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress
- ️Thu Aug 24 1595
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Digges, Thomas, -1595
Digges, Thomas, d. 1595
Diggeseus, Thomas, -1595
Diggesius, Thomas, -1595
T.D. (Thomas Digges), -1595
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Birth Date
- 1546~
Death Date
- 1595-08-24
Associated Locale
- England
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Digges, Thomas, -1595
Digges, Thomas, d. 1595
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found: His Englands defence, 1680:t.p. (Thomas Digges esq., muster-master general of all Her Majesty's forces in the Low-Countries)
found: InU/Wing STC files(usage: ... Thoma Diggeseo; T.D.; ... Thoma Diggesio)
found: DNB(Digges, Thomas, d. 1595)
found: LC data base, 12/3/84(hdg.: Digges, Thomas, d. 1595)
found: Robert Beale collection of letters,1569-1592(Tho. Digges)
found: UPB files, Dec. 17, 2020(Thomas Digges (d. 1595) was a noted mathematician who continued the interest of his father Leonard (d. 1571) in the application of mathematics to military science. He was appointed by the Earl of Leicester as Muster-Master-General to the English forces in the Netherlands, a position which he filled with great ability.)
found: Wikipedia, via WWW, Dec. 17, 2020(Thomas Digges; born ca. 1546; English mathematician and astronomer; first to postulate the "dark night sky paradox"; died 24 August 1595)
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1984-12-12: new
2021-07-19: revised
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