Mathematician:Edward Cocker

Mathematician
English engraver, who also taught writing and arithmetic.

Supposedly the author of the famous and highly popular, although it is disputed as to whether he actually was the author. The English proverb "according to Cocker", meaning "absolutely correct", arises from the popularity of this work.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 1631 in England
 * Died: 22 August 1676 in London, England, in impecunious circumstances

Publications

 * 1664 Tutor to Writing and Arithmetick
 * 1670: Cocker's Urania
 * 1675: Cocker's Morals
 * 1678:, although some, based on a thesis by , claim this was written by.

Notable Quotes

 * Arithmetick let a man understand
 * And after that, Geometry command.
 * Then let him turn Astronomer and prove
 * How many Stars are fix'd, how many move.
 * Next a Geographer Earth's Globe survey
 * The long-sought, unfound Longitude display.
 * Apollo's Lyre next let him take in hand,
 * And all the high Soul-charming Aires command.
 * Yea, let him have all Arts, all are but smoke
 * To him that hath no money in his Poke.
 * from Cocker's Urania (1670)