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Key facts
- Born
- 1 February 1561, Warleywood, Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 26 January 1630 (1630-01-26) (aged 68), Oxford , England
- Alma mater
- St. John's College, Cambridge
- Known for
- Briggsian logarithm , Long division
- Fields
- Mathematician , Astronomer
- Institutions
- Gresham College , University of Oxford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Family name
- Briggs
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Halifax
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Employer
- Merton College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Doctoral student
- John Pell
- Image
- Henry-Briggs.jpg
- Residence
- England
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- date of death
- 1630-01-26
- date of birth
- 1561-02-01
- ethnic group
- English people
- influenced by
- John Napier
- Commons category
- Henry Briggs (mathematician)
- name in native language
- Henry Briggs
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry Briggs (1 February 1561 – 26 January 1630) was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honor. The specific algorithm for long division in modern use was introduced by Briggs c. 1600 AD.
Briggs was a committed Puritan and an influential professor in his time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry Briggs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.