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15811614-16261626, Dec 10
an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's quadrant, and the Gunter's scale. In 1620, he invented the first successful analog device which he developed to calculate logarithmic tangents. He was mentored in mathematics by Reverend Henry Briggs and eventually became a Gresham Professor of Astronomy, from 1619 until his death.
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12/10/1626-Edmund Gunter, inventor of the trigonometry concepts of cosine and cotangent, as well as numerous tools for computation, navigation and surveying, dies
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...minister. After John Napier invented logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales (lines, or rules)...
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