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About William Gascoigne
William Gascoigne was an English astronomer, mathematician and maker of scientific instruments from Middleton, Leeds who invented the micrometer and the telescopic sight. He was one of a group of astronomers in the north of England who followed the astronomy of Johannes Kepler, which included Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree.
Everything about William Gascoigne →- Occupation
- astronomer, mathematician, inventor
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1612
- Died
- July 2, 1644