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400 years of geometry at Gresham College

Speaker(s):   Professor Robin Wilson

Date/Time:  14/05/2008

400 years of geometry at Gresham College
given by Henry Briggs (1561 - 1631)

Henry Briggs was the first Gresham Professor of Geometry.  In this lecture he describes the College's early days, and surveys the history of the Geometry Chair over the succeeding 400 years.

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