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The Reverend William Oughtred was one of the foremost mathematical writers and instrument-makers in seventeenth-century England. The mathematical library he built at his rectory of Albury in Surrey attracted visitors and pupils from far away and even the Continent. It was particularly important given the limited circulation of Continental mathematical books in England. He took mathematical pupils at the rectory, and, like many seventeenth-century mathematicians, practiced astrology.
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Burns, W. (2017). Oughtred, William. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_528-1
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