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to take the degree of M.D. in 1545. He afterwards returned to Oxford, where he publicly taught mathematics, as he had done prior to going to Cambridge. He invented the "equals" sign, which consists of two horizontal parallel lines, stating that no two things can be more equal. It appears that he
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was introduced within a printed edition. With the publication of this book Recorde is credited with introducing algebra into the Island of Britain with a systematic notation.
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The Pathway to Knowledge, containing the First Principles of Geometry ... bothe for the use of Instrumentes Geometricall and Astronomicall, and also for Projection of Plattes
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Recorde published several works upon mathematical and medical subjects, chiefly in the form of dialogue between master and scholar, such as the following:
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and served as Comptroller of Mines and Monies in Ireland. After being sued for defamation by a political enemy, he was arrested for debt and died in the
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Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz (2011). "Mathematical Treasures - Robert Recorde's Whetstone of Witte," Convergence (January 2011)
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The Castle of Knowledge, containing the Explication of the Sphere both Celestiall and Materiall, etc.
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Born around 1510, Robert Recorde was the second and last son of Thomas and Rose Recorde of
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Current publisher of Robert Recorde's books in the form of original reproductions
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Robert Recorde: Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages
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there in 1531. Having adopted medicine as a profession, he went to the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Robert Recorde: The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician
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afterwards went to London, and acted as physician to King
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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics
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John Hall, "An Historiall Expostulation", p. 60. In
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Welsh mathematician and inventor of the equals sign
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Recorde

Tenby
Pembrokeshire
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
equals sign (=)
University of Oxford
Royal Mint
Welsh
equals sign
plus
minus
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
Wales
University of Oxford
All Souls College
University of Cambridge
Edward VI
Queen Mary
Royal Mint
King's Bench Prison
Southwark

The Whetstone of Witte

equals sign
The Grounde of Artes
algebra

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