In the last post in this series, we took an in depth look at the career of the English mariner Sir Robert Dudley (1574–1649). This ended with an account of the scientific instruments that he left b…| The Renaissance Mathematicus
For historians of Tudor England, the name Robert Dudley immediately evokes the image of the 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588), companion to Edward VI, condemned to death by Mary Tudor for his part in the attempt to declare Lady Jane Grey … Continue reading →| The Renaissance Mathematicus