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William Oughtred Anglican clergyman William Oughtred (1574-1660) is considered one of the world's great mathematicians due to his writings on the subject and his invention of the logarithmic slide rule. Although William Oughtred was by profession an Anglican clergyman, he devoted many... Read more
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