Abraham Sharp

Abraham Sharp (1653 – 18 Juli 1742) adalah seorang matematikawan dan astronom Inggris.

Abraham Sharp
Abraham Sharp

Abraham Sharp (1653 – 18 Juli 1742) adalah seorang matematikawan dan astronom Inggris.

Biografi

Sharp lahir di Horton Hall, Little Horton, Bradford, sebagai putra dari pedagang tersohor John Sharp dan Mary (née Clarkson) Sharp dan dididik di Bradford Grammar School.[1]

Sharp meninggal di Little Horton pada 1742. Ia tidak pernah menikah. Ia merupakan saudara dari kakeknya Jesse Ramsden, pembuat instrumen saintifik.[2]

Kawah Sharp di Bulan mengambil nama darinya.

Referensi

  1. ^ "Abraham Sharp". Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2019-11-09. Diakses tanggal 2011-03-14.
  2. ^ Melmore, S. (1938). "Abraham Sharp's Universal Instrument". The Observatory. 61: 248–250. Bibcode:1938Obs....61..248M.

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