List of Famous people with last name Oughtred

William Oughtred

First Name William

Last Name Oughtred

Born on March 5, 1574

Died on June 30, 1660 (aged 86)

Born in United Kingdom, England

William Oughtred was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier invented logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales 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.

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George Oughtred

First Name George

Last Name Oughtred

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Sir Henry Oughtred

First Name Sir

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