Robert Recorde
Tudor Scholar and Mathematician
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2016
192 pages
978-1-78316-831-6 (ISBN)
Description
This enthralling biography tells, for the first time, the complete story of one of Tudor England's most enigmatic figures. A Welshman born in Tenby, south Wales, c.1512, Robert Recorde was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge. This book, the first detailed biography of this Tudor scholar, reviews the many facets of his astonishingly wide-ranging career and ultimately tragic life. It presents a richly detailed and fully rounded picture of Recorde the man, the university academic and theologian, the physician, the mathematician and astronomer, the antiquarian, and the writer of hugely successful textbooks. Crown appointments brought Recorde into conflict with the scheming Earl of Pembroke, and eventually set him at odds with Queen Mary I. As an intellectual out of his depth in political intrigue, beset by religious turmoil, Recorde eventually succumbed to the dangers that closed inexorably around him.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 Illustrations, black and white
File size
5,19 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78316-831-6 (9781783168316)
DOI
10.1234/b10588
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Person
Gordon Roberts is an independent scholar; by profession an aircraft engineer, he is widely read in the sciences, technology, mathematics and engineering. He is a graduate of the Open University.
Content
Author's Forward and Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 01 - Child of Tenby
Chapter 02 - Oxford Scholar
Chapter 03 - Cambridge Savant
Chapter 04 - Such is Your Authority
Chapter 05 - St Paul's Churchyard
Chapter 06 - Doctor Recorde
Chapter 07 - Antiquarian and Mathematician
Chapter 08 - No Mean Divine
Chapter 09 - Comptroller of the King's Mints
Chapter 10 - The Muscovy Company
Chapter 11 - This Talk Delights Me Marvellously
Chapter 12 - Pedagogue and Poet
Chapter 13 - Surveyor of the Mines and Monies
Chapter 14 - Nemesis
Chapter 15 - A Heart So Oppressed
Chapter 16 - An Unquiet Mind
Chapter 17 - One of His Elect in Glory
Epilogue
Prologue
Chapter 01 - Child of Tenby
Chapter 02 - Oxford Scholar
Chapter 03 - Cambridge Savant
Chapter 04 - Such is Your Authority
Chapter 05 - St Paul's Churchyard
Chapter 06 - Doctor Recorde
Chapter 07 - Antiquarian and Mathematician
Chapter 08 - No Mean Divine
Chapter 09 - Comptroller of the King's Mints
Chapter 10 - The Muscovy Company
Chapter 11 - This Talk Delights Me Marvellously
Chapter 12 - Pedagogue and Poet
Chapter 13 - Surveyor of the Mines and Monies
Chapter 14 - Nemesis
Chapter 15 - A Heart So Oppressed
Chapter 16 - An Unquiet Mind
Chapter 17 - One of His Elect in Glory
Epilogue
