Thomas Digges
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Thomas Digges was a 16th-century English astronomer and mathematician known for promoting the Copernican heliocentric model and proposing an infinite universe filled with stars.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Digges canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English person
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1546 ⓘ |
| contributedTo | early modern scientific revolution in England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1595 ⓘ |
| described |
a universe without a fixed outer sphere
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stars extending infinitely in all directions ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Leonard Digges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| expanded | Copernican cosmology to an infinite stellar realm ⓘ |
| familyName | Digges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Leonard Digges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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ballistics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Johannes Kepler
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later English astronomers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Nicolaus Copernicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
earliest English exposition of Copernican heliocentrism
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early advocacy of an infinite universe ⓘ popularizing Copernican ideas in vernacular English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | muster-master-general of the English forces in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| mother | Bridget Wilford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Copernican Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Digges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
concept of an infinite universe filled with stars
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extension of the Copernican system to an infinite stellar universe ⓘ promotion of the Copernican heliocentric model in England ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Perfit Description of the Caelestiall Orbes
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Alae seu scalae mathematicae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ military engineer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Southampton
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Member of Parliament for Wallingford ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence |
Kent
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| used | mathematics for artillery and fortification design ⓘ |
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