Mathematician:Thomas Godfrey

Mathematician

American inventor who invented the sextant, independently of John Hadley.

One of the founder members of the American Philosophical Society.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: December 1704 in Bristol Township, near Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Died: December 1749

Inventions

• Sextant

Sources

• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $6$: Curves and Coordinates: Coordinate geometry today