Robert Recorde
Welsh mathematician and inventor of the symbol '='
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- Born
- 1510?
- Died
- 1558
- Works
- 16
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- The urinall of phisicke
- The groud̃ of artes teachyng the worke and practise of arithmetike
- [The ground of arts
- The grovnd of artes
- The ground of arts, teachyng the perfect worke and practice of arithmetike
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Robert Recorde (c. 1510 – 1558) was a Welsh physician and mathematician. He invented the equals sign (=) and also introduced the pre-existing plus (+) and minus (−) signs to English speakers in 1557.
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1510s births1558 deaths16th-century mathematicians16th-century philosophers16th-century Welsh male writers16th-century Welsh medical doctors16th-century Welsh scientists16th-century Welsh writersAlumni of the University of CambridgeAlumni of the University of OxfordBritish textbook writersFellows of All Souls College, Oxford