Gulielmus Oughtred Anglus (frontispiece from Oughtred's "The Key of the Mathematicks New Forged and Filed," 1647)

The Rev. William Oughtred|The Rev. William Oughtred|Wenceslaus Hollar

1646 · Etching and drypoint, only state · Drawings and Prints

This hallf-length portrait of the rector and mathematician, William Oughtred, shows the sitter at seventy-three, wearing a skull-cap, collar and gown, and holding a book. He is credited with creating the slide rule in 1622, which allowed for direct multiplication and division, with introducing "x" to signify mulplification, and the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for sine and cosine.

Artist

The Rev. William Oughtred|The Rev. William Oughtred|Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1646

Medium

Etching and drypoint, only state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917