John Greaves

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title: John Greaves
text: John Greaves was an English mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he was elected a Fellow of Merton College in 1624. He studied Persian and Arabic, acquired a number of old books and manuscripts for archbishop William Laud, and wrote a treatise on the Persian language. He travelled in Italy and the Levant from 1636 to 1640 and made a survey of the Great Pyramid of Giza. He was Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and Savilian profess
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description: English mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian (1602–1652)
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date created: 2004-12-19T12:08:48Z
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