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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

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Personal name headingBowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
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Variant(s)Bowditch, Nathan, 1773-1838
Associated countryU.S.
Birth date1773-03-26
Death date1838-03-16
Place of birthSalem, Mass.
Place of deathBoston, Mass.
Profession or occupationMathematics Navigation
Found inHis The American practical navigator.
Green's New England almanack, farmers' friend ... 1840: t.p. (Astronomical calculations by Nathan Bowditch)
The new American practical navigator, 1868: t.p. (Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D.)
Wikipedia, viewed July 25, 2013 (born March 26, 1773, Salem, Mass., died March 16, 1838, Boston, Mass., early American mathematician and writer of works on ocean navigation)