William Oughtred, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Oughtred

English mathematician and Anglican minister

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1574

Place of Birth: Eton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1660

Profession: mathematician, inventor, minister

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Oughtred ( AWT-ed; 5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660) was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman.
After John Napier invented logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales (lines, or rules) upon which slide rules are based, Oughtred was the first to use two such scales sliding by one another to perform direct multiplication and division.
He is credited with inventing the slide rule in about 1622.
He also introduced the "×" symbol for multiplication and the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for the sine and cosine functions.



Alternative names	Wenceslaus Hollar; Wenzel Hollar; Hollar; Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemus; Václav Hollar z Práchne
Description	Czech printmaker, cartographer and illustrator
Date of birth/death	13 July 1607	25 March 1677
Location of birth/death	Prague	London
Authority control	: Q448555 VIAF: 54449428 ISNI: 0000 0001 2133 7372 ULAN: 500028368 LCCN: n50034895 NLA: 35202397 WorldCat