Skip to content
Curated category

16th-century English astronomers

  • Thomas DiggesThomas Digges entered the world around 1546. His father Leonard Digges worked as a mathematician and surveyor. Bridget Wilford served as his mother.
  • John DeeJohn Dee was born in the Tower Ward of London on the 13th of July 1527. His father Rowland Dee served as a mercer and courtier to Henry VIII.
  • Thomas HarriotThomas Harriot was born in 1560 within the city of Oxford. He entered St Mary Hall, a college at Oxford University, and his name appeared in the hall's…