Leonard Digges
Mathematician
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Leonard Digges was a well-known English mathematician and surveyor, credited with the invention of the theodolite, and a great populariser of science through his writings in English on surveying, cartography, and military engineering. His birth... Wikipedia
Born: 1515, Barham, United Kingdom
Died: 1559 (age 44 years), Kent, United Kingdom
Parents: James Digges, of Digges Court and Philippe Engham
Children: Thomas Digges
Great grandchildren: Edward Digges, Dudley Digges, and Anne Digges
Grandchildren: Leonard Digges, Dudley Digges, Ursula Digges, and more