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Simon Bredon, the Glossary

Simon Bredon (1300 – 1372) was an English astronomer, mathematician, and physician and priest.^[1]

16 relations: Astronomer, Doctor of Medicine, England, Geoffrey Chaucer, History of Science Museum, Oxford, Mathematician, Merton College, Oxford, Oriel College, Oxford, Oxford, Oxford Calculators, Physician, Priest, The Equatorie of the Planetis, Trigonometry, University of Oxford, Walter Brit.
1372 deaths
14th-century English astronomers
14th-century English mathematicians

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (– 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. Simon Bredon and Geoffrey Chaucer are 14th-century English writers.

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History of Science Museum, Oxford

The History of Science Museum in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from Middle Ages to the 19th century. The museum building is also known as the Old Ashmolean Building to distinguish it from the newer Ashmolean Museum building completed in 1894. The museum was built in 1683, and it is the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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Merton College, Oxford

Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Oriel College, Oxford

Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford Calculators

The Oxford Calculators were a group of 14th-century thinkers, almost all associated with Merton College, Oxford; for this reason they were dubbed "The Merton School".

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Priest

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.

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The Equatorie of the Planetis

The Equatorie of the Planetis is a 14th-century scientific work which describes the construction and use of an equatorium.

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Trigonometry

Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with relationships between angles and side lengths of triangles.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Walter Brit

Walter Brit (alternatively Brit, Brytte, or Brithus) (fl. 1390), was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and the reputed author of several works on astronomy and mathematics, as well as of a treatise on surgery. Simon Bredon and Walter Brit are 14th-century English astronomers, 14th-century English mathematicians and 14th-century English writers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bredon