1. Digges Thomas Digges. Thomas Digges s father was Leonard Digges who was himself a finemathematician who wrote on various scientific topics including surveying. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Digges.html

Thomas Digges Born: 1546 in Wotton (near Canterbury), Kent, England Died: 24 Aug 1595 in London, England Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Thomas Digges 's father was Leonard Digges who was himself a fine mathematician who wrote on various scientific topics including surveying. Thomas received his early education from his father but, when he was fourteen years old, his father died and at that time Thomas decided that he wanted to continue his father's work. John Dee essentially seems to have stepped in to act as a father to the young Thomas who received advanced mathematical instruction from Dee . He was to remain a friend of Dee 's throughout his life and undertook joint work with him. Digges wrote on platonic solids and archimedian solids and his contributions appear in Pantometria which he finished in 1571. This work included contributions by Digges's father Leonard who had been working on it at the time of his death. The completed work contains Digges' description of how lenses could be combined to make a telescope. Although Digges and Dee were working together at this time making accurate astronomical observations there is no evidence that they actually constructed a telescope with which to observe celestial objects. We know that Digges, among other instruments used a cross-staff to determine the positions of stars, planets and comets but when a new star appeared in 1572 he used a six foot ruler which he suspended from a tree which he used to determine whether the new star moved in relation to the other stars close to in in the sky.

2. Quotation By Thomas Digges Thomas Digges (1546 1595). This ball every 24 hours by naturall, uniformeand wonderful slie and smooth motion rouleth rounde, making http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Quotations2/824.html

Thomas Digges This ball every 24 hours by naturall, uniforme and wonderful slie and smooth motion rouleth rounde, making with his Periode our naturall daye, whereby it seems to us that the huge infinite immoveable Globe should sway and tourne about. Quoted in E Maor, To infinity and beyond (Princeton 1991)

3. Thomas Digges Thomas Digges, A perfit description of the Caelestial Orbes, 1576 Close http://inicia.es/de/aribas/digges.html

Thomas Digges, A perfit description of the Caelestial Orbes Close

4. Digges Thomas Digges. Thomas Digges received his early education from hisfather who himself was a good scientist writing on surveying. http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/pages/resources/maths/History/Dggs.htm

Thomas Digges Born: 1546 in Wotton (near Canterbury), Kent, England Died: 24 Aug 1595 in London, England Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Welcome page Thomas Digges received his early education from his father who himself was a good scientist writing on surveying. Thomas later received advanced mathematical instruction from John Dee . He was to remain a friend of Dee 's and undertook joint work with him. Digges wrote on platonic solids and archimedian solids which appear in Pantometria (1571). This work includes contributions by Digges's father. In 1573 Digges published Alae seu scalae mathematicae , a work on the position of the 'Tycho ( Brahe )'s supernova' of 1572. This work includes observations of the position of the 'new star' and trigonometric theorems which could be used to determine the parallax of the star. The observations are particularly impressive making Digges the ablest observer of his time. Digges's friend Dee published a similar work on the supernova. Digges was the leader of the English Copernicans. He translated part of

5. Digges, Thomas (c.1546-95) digges, thomas (c.154695) English mathematician and astronomer whowas the first to promote in Britain the heliocentric view of http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/Digges.html

The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight FRONT PAGE NEWS ARCHIVE NEWSLETTER ... Z this site WWW Digges, Thomas (c.1546-95) English mathematician and astronomer who was the first to promote in Britain the heliocentric view of the solar system due to Copernicus . He was also a pioneer of the enlarged, stellar universe, maintaining that the stars, instead of being fixed to a crystalline sphere, were other suns lying at great distances. However, although he helped pave the way for others, like Huygens , to contemplate the possibility of extrasolar planets and life, he continued to regard the Sun as special and centrally located in the Universe. It has been suggested that Digges may have met Giordano Bruno during the latter's stay in England and derived some of his ideas from the Italian. For more: var site="s13space1234"

6. VARIOUS SURNAME RECORDS digges, Edward 1 33 Fauquier Co. digges, thomas 1 2 Fauquier Co. digges,Dudley 2 84 Louisa Co. digges, thomas 1 0 Louisa Co. digges, Col. http://www.angelfire.com/tn/anitasue/VaTn.html

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7. Digges, Thomas digges, thomas. Note the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on However, when thomas digges was less than ten his father was attainted http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/digges_tho.html

Catalog of the Scientific Community Digges, Thomas Note: the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on genealogical questions. 1. Dates Born: Kent (probably Wotton, near Canterbury), 1545 or 46 Died: London, 24 Aug. 1595 Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Gentry, Scientist Leonard Digges, who is also in this catalogue, was from an old, established family of Kent. Clearly wealthy. However, when Thomas Digges was less than ten his father was attainted for treason in the Wyatt rebellion against Mary and his estate confiscated. After the accession of Elizabeth, Digges was able to reclaim the estate of his now dead father. It is simply not clear what one can say about the economic circumstances in which he was reared. 3. Nationality Birth: English Career: English Death: English 4. Education Schooling: No University The DNB statement about Digges at Cambridge confuses him with another, earlier Digges. Wood asserts that Digges studied at Oxford. There is no proof that he was ever at either university. By Digges's own statement he received his mathematical education first from his father and then from Dee.

8. Astronomy Interactive Network - Astronomers digges, thomas. ( 15461595) thomas digges was only thirteen years old when his father, Leonard digges John Dee, a mathematician. thomas digges studied at home with his guardian http://library.thinkquest.org/15418/cgi-bin/pageserv/srv.cgi?Section=astronomers

9. Digges Biography of thomas digges (15461595) thomas digges. Born 1546 in Wotton (near Canterbury), Kent, England thomas digges's father was Leonard digges who was himself a fine mathematician who http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Digges.html

Thomas Digges Born: 1546 in Wotton (near Canterbury), Kent, England Died: 24 Aug 1595 in London, England Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Thomas Digges 's father was Leonard Digges who was himself a fine mathematician who wrote on various scientific topics including surveying. Thomas received his early education from his father but, when he was fourteen years old, his father died and at that time Thomas decided that he wanted to continue his father's work. John Dee essentially seems to have stepped in to act as a father to the young Thomas who received advanced mathematical instruction from Dee . He was to remain a friend of Dee 's throughout his life and undertook joint work with him. Digges wrote on platonic solids and archimedian solids and his contributions appear in Pantometria which he finished in 1571. This work included contributions by Digges's father Leonard who had been working on it at the time of his death. The completed work contains Digges' description of how lenses could be combined to make a telescope. Although Digges and Dee were working together at this time making accurate astronomical observations there is no evidence that they actually constructed a telescope with which to observe celestial objects. We know that Digges, among other instruments used a cross-staff to determine the positions of stars, planets and comets but when a new star appeared in 1572 he used a six foot ruler which he suspended from a tree which he used to determine whether the new star moved in relation to the other stars close to in in the sky.

10. Maryland Historical Society Library: Digges Of Warburton Papers, 1680-1810, MS 2 1794, Mar. Meadowcroft, J. to digges, thomas. Correspondence. Legal Opinion.1794, Apr. 10. ca. 1800. digges, thomas. Surveyor s Draft. http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms000246.html

Digges of Warburton Papers, 1680-1810 Maryland Historical Society (Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 1999.) Digges of Warburton Papers, 1680-1810 Maryland Historical Society Contact Information: Manuscripts Department Maryland Historical Society Library 201 West Monument Street Baltimore MD 21201-4674 Fax: 410.385.2105 library@mdhs.org www.mdhs.org Descriptive Summary Digges of Warburton Papers, 1680-1810 MS 246 Maryland Historical Society Baltimore MD 21201-4674 Calendar 1683, Oct. 27. Act of the Lower House of the General Assembly (Md). An Act limiting extent of Attachments, etc. 1683, Nov. 5. Court Order. Proceedings upon complaint by Wm. Digges vs. Josias Kendall over misrepresentation of amount of land sold by Kendall to Digges. 1685, June 12. Hollyday, Thomas, and Beall, Ninian. Deeds. Ninian Beall assigns 184 acres to Thomas Hollyday from 500 acre warrant. 1688, Sept. 24. Digges, William. Confiscation Order. Taken against goods and chattel of Capt. Josias Kendall to a value of 40,000 1b. of tobacco, until Kendall is shown to come to trial. 1688, Sept. 29. Digges, William. Account. Shows debt of Josias Kendall to Wm. Digges.

11. The Calestiall Orbs thomas digges (C. 15461595) thomas digges was born circa 1546-aboutthree years after the publication of De Revolutionibus. He http://math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/Readers/renaissance.astro/5.0.Digges.html

Introduction Nicholas Copernicus De Revolutionibus John Dee ... The Zodiake of Life Thomas Digges A Perfect Description of the Celestial Orbs Giordano Bruno The Ash Wednesday Supper Galileo Galilei ... Bibliography Thomas Digges (C. 1546-1595) Thomas Digges was born circa 1546-about three years after the publication of De Revolutionibus . He was the son of the mathematician and scientist Leonard Digges, and a protege of John Dee, the preeminent scientist in England during the latter part of the sixteenth century. By 1573, when he was only twenty seven, Thomas Digges' reputation as an astronomer was firmly established in England and on the continent with the publication of his work related to the super-nova that had appeared the previous year. In 1576 he took it upon himself to edit the new edition of his deceased father's almanac, A Prognostication everlasting . Digges added A Perfit Description to this edition, which was reprinted at least six times, making Thomas' humble addendum to his father Leonard's very practical work the most influential argument for the Copernican system in England. A Perfit Description is, to a large extent, a paraphrased translation of the first book of Copernicus'

12. Astronomy Interactive Network - Astronomers digges, thomas. (15461595) thomas digges was only thirteen yearsold when his father, Leonard digges, died. He was sent to live http://library.thinkquest.org/15418/cgi-bin/pageserv/srv.cgi?Section=astronomers

13. Foure Paradoxes, Or Politique Discourses. 2 Concerning Militarie Foure paradoxes, or politique discourses. 2 concerning militarie discipline, written long since by thomas digges Esquire. 2 of the worthinesse of warre and warriors, by Dudly digges, his sonne. http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20463.0001.001&

14. Thomas DIGGES/Ann SAINT LEGER Husband thomas digges (D220) Born 1540 at digges Court,Barham,Kent,EnglandMarried 1582 at ,,Kent,England Died 24 AUG 1595 http://members.fortunecity.com/tdemaree/fam01117.htm

web hosting domain names email addresses Husband: Thomas DIGGES Born: 1540 at: Digges Court,Barham,Kent,England Married: 1582 at: ,,Kent,England Died: 24 AUG 1595 at: London,Greater London,England Father: Leonard DIGGES Mother: Bridget or Sarah WILSFORD Other Spouses: NOTES Wife: Ann SAINT LEGER Born: 1555/1575 at: Of Ulcombe,Kent,England Died: 1636 at: Chilham,Kent,England Father: Mother: Other Spouses: NOTES CHILDREN Name: Dudley DIGGES Born: 1583 at: Digges Court,Kent,England Married: ABT 1612 at: Chilham,Kent,England Died: 18 MAR 1638/1639 at: Chilham Castle,Kent,England Spouses: Mary KEMPE NOTES Name: Leonard DIGGES Born: 1588 at: Of Aldermansbury,London,London,England Married: at: Died: 7 APR 1635 at: Oxford,,England Spouses: NOTES Name: Margaret DIGGES Born: ABT 1590 at: St. Mary's Church,Aldermansbury,London,England Married: at: Died: SEP 1619 at: ,,England Spouses: NOTES Name: William DIGGES Born: ABT 1594 at: Of Aldermansbury,London,London,England Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:

15. Genealogy Index For Surnames Beginning With D DABNEY, Robert. Dacre, Joan. Dacre, thomas de. Daingerfield, Edward Lonsdale digges, James. digges, Leonard. digges, Mary. digges, Susannah. digges, thomas. digges, William. Dingley, John http://www.geocities.com/ccruce/idxd.html

Genealogy Index for surnames beginning with D Back to Main Page d'Abrancis, Lucia d'Abrancis, William d'Amory, Elizabeth ... http://www.lesandchris.com/ged2www

16. The Galileo Project digges, thomas 1. Dates Born Kent (probably Wotton, near Canterbury),1545 or 46 Died London, 24 Aug. 1595 Dateinfo Birth Uncertain http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/digges_tho.html

Digges, Thomas 1. Dates Born: Kent (probably Wotton, near Canterbury), 1545 or 46 Died: London, 24 Aug. 1595 Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Gentry, Scientist Leonard Digges, who is also in this catalogue, was from an old, established family of Kent. Clearly wealthy. However, when Thomas Digges was less than ten his father was attainted for treason in the Wyatt rebellion against Mary and his estate confiscated. After the accession of Elizabeth, Digges was able to reclaim the estate of his now dead father. It is simply not clear what one can say about the economic circumstances in which he was reared. 3. Nationality Birth: English Career: English Death: English 4. Education Schooling: No University The DNB statement about Digges at Cambridge confuses him with another, earlier Digges. Wood asserts that Digges studied at Oxford. There is no proof that he was ever at either university. By Digges's own statement he received his mathematical education first from his father and then from Dee. 5. Religion

17. The Galileo Project Subordinate It Is Difficult To Establish digges S Scientific Productions preciselybecause it was mostly published by his son, thomas digges, with his own http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/digges_leo.html

Digges, Leonard 1. Dates Born: Digges Court, near Canterbury, Kent, c.1520 Digges was born prior to 1530-1, when he was listed in a visitation of Kent. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1537. Died: England, c.1559 Dateinfo: Both Dates Uncertain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Gentry James Digges of Digges Court, Barnham, Kent, was from an ancient family of Kent. Clearly wealthy. 3. Nationality Birth: English Career: English Death: English 4. Education Schooling: No University May have attended a University, but no real evidence and certainly no proof. Biographia britannica says University College, Oxford, and Wood says he was at Oxford but the college is not known. It seems fairly certain that he took no degree if indeed he did attend a university. 5. Religion Affiliation: Anglican Leonard Digges participated in Wyatt's rebellion against Mary. From what little I know of it, the rebellion was as much against Spanish interference as against Catholicism, and I have found no statement whatever about Digges' motivation. 6. Scientific Disciplines

18. Empiricism, Experiment, And Imagination; The Strange Case Of Thomas Digges' Cope Empiricism, Experiment, and Imagination; The Strange Case of thomas digges Copernicanismin 1576. You are to be in all things regulated and governed by fact. http://www2.centenary.edu/forbidden/digges.htm

Empiricism , Experiment, and Imagination; The Strange Case of Thomas Digges' Copernicanism in 1576 You are to be in all things regulated and governed by fact. We hope to have, before long, a board of fact, composed of commissioners of fact, who will force the people to be a people of fact, and of nothing but fact. You must discard the word Fancy altogether.... This is the new discovery. Charles Dickens, Hard Times The aim of magic is to recall natural philosophy from the vanity of speculations to the importance of experiments. Francis Bacon, On the Dignity and Advancement of Science Neither is the paradox the equally striking (to triumphal empiricists) revelation that 16th century astronomers, including Copernicus and later Galileo, believed not only that celestial appearances by themselves supported geocentrism, but that scholastic Aristotelianism's trust in the veracity of manifest appearance in turn supported the inference from appearance to reality, at least officially. This is not paradox, but embarrassing irony for the empiricist; if empiricism were true, we should still live in a geocentric world. But here lies the paradoxical seed.

19. IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Biographies - Thomas Digges http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/genscheda.asp?appl=SIM&xsl=biografia&lingua=ENG&c

20. IMSS - Catalogo Multimediale - Biografie - Thomas Digges http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/genscheda.asp?appl=SIM&xsl=biografia&chiave=30019

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