Roger of Hereford
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Roger of Hereford
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Roger of Hereford; a medieval astronomer, astrologer, alchemist and mathematician active in Hereford circa. 1178 - 1198. Roger's nationality, year of birth, and education are unknown. The earliest record dates to a commission in 1176 by Gilbert Foliot, the former Bishop of Hereford and then the Bishop of London, of a computus for the calculation of ecclesiastical dates. In this treatise Roger criticizes the calculations of Gerland as used in the standard text of the time, and draws on Hebrew and
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12th-century English astronomer
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