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Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556)
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British mathematician (1561–1630)
Henry Briggs was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honor. The specific algorithm for long division in modern use was introduced by Briggs…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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