Henry Briggs

Astronomer and mathematician

Henry Briggs was a 17th-century English mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of logarithms. He was born in 1561 in Yorkshire, England, and died in 1631. Briggs was a fellow of the Royal Society and was known for his work on astronomical tables and his development of the logarithmic scale. He was also a skilled astronomer and made several important observations of the stars. Bri...