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... Harriot , a distinguished Oxford mathematician and astronomer . Raleigh had become intimate with Harriot some years earlier , and had learnt mathe- matics from him . They remained friends as long as they both lived , and Harriot was ...
... Harriot , a distinguished Oxford mathematician and astronomer . Raleigh had become intimate with Harriot some years earlier , and had learnt mathe- matics from him . They remained friends as long as they both lived , and Harriot was ...
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Sir Philip Montefiore Magnus. Harriot made many discoveries in algebra , pure mathematics , and astronomy , but as he refrained from publishing his results , others gained the credit for them . On the expedition to Virginia , however , ...
Sir Philip Montefiore Magnus. Harriot made many discoveries in algebra , pure mathematics , and astronomy , but as he refrained from publishing his results , others gained the credit for them . On the expedition to Virginia , however , ...
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... were two centres of a brilliant society which included , among others , the Earls of North- umberland and Derby ; Edmund Spenser and George Chapman , the poets ; Thomas Marlowe , 60 the playwright ; Thomas Harriot , the scientist ; and.
... were two centres of a brilliant society which included , among others , the Earls of North- umberland and Derby ; Edmund Spenser and George Chapman , the poets ; Thomas Marlowe , 60 the playwright ; Thomas Harriot , the scientist ; and.
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