| LC control no. | n 84177466 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Digges, Thomas, approximately 1546-1595 |
| Variant(s) | Digges, Thomas, -1595 Digges, Thomas, d. 1595 Diggeseus, Thomas, -1595 Diggesius, Thomas, -1595 T.D. (Thomas Digges), -1595 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1546~ |
| Death date | 1595-08-24 |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians Astronomers |
| Found in | His Englands defence, 1680: t.p. (Thomas Digges esq., muster-master general of all Her Majesty's forces in the Low-Countries) InU/Wing STC files (usage: ... Thoma Diggeseo; T.D.; ... Thoma Diggesio) DNB (Digges, Thomas, d. 1595) LC data base, 12/3/84 (hdg.: Digges, Thomas, d. 1595) Robert Beale collection of letters,1569-1592 (Tho. Digges) UPB files, Dec. 17, 2020 (Thomas Digges (d. 1595) was a noted mathematician who continued the interest of his father Leonard (d. 1571) in the application of mathematics to military science. He was appointed by the Earl of Leicester as Muster-Master-General to the English forces in the Netherlands, a position which he filled with great ability.) Wikipedia, via WWW, Dec. 17, 2020 (Thomas Digges; born ca. 1546; English mathematician and astronomer; first to postulate the "dark night sky paradox"; died 24 August 1595) |
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