John Dee
English mathematician and astronomer
John Dee was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. As an... Wikipedia
Born: July 13, 1527, London, United Kingdom
Died: December 1608 (age 81 years), Mortlake, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Jane Dee (m. 1578–1604) and Katherine Constable (m. 1565–1574)
Academic advisors: Gerardus Mercator and Gemma Frisius
Notable student: Thomas Digges
Place of burial: St Mary The Virgin, Mortlake, London, United Kingdom
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