Mathematician:Thomas Harriot

English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, and translator.

His name is variously reported as Harriott, Hariot, or Heriot.

Was at one point credited with the invention of $>$ and $<$ for greater than and less than, but it appears that they were in fact invented by somebody else.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: c. 1560, Oxford, England
 * Died: 2 July 1621, London, England

Books and Papers

 * 1588: A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
 * 1631: Artis Analyticae Praxis ad Aequationes Algebraicas Resolvendas (published posthumously)

Also see

 * : Chapter $4$: Lure of the Unknown