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Gerald J. Toomer
Gerald J. Toomer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 November 1934 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History of science |
| Institutions | Brown University Utrecht University |
| Doctoral students | Jan Hogendijk |
Gerald James Toomer (born 23 November 1934) is a historian of astronomy and mathematics who has written numerous books and papers on ancient Greek and medieval Islamic astronomy. In particular, he translated Ptolemy's Almagest into English.
Formerly a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, he moved to Brown University as a special student in 1959 to study "the history of mathematics in antiquity and the transmission of these systems through Arabic into medieval Europe."[1] He joined the History of Mathematics department in 1963, became an associate professor in 1965, and was the chairman from 1980 to 1986.[2][3]
- ^ Martha Mitchell. "History of Mathematics" Archived 4 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine in Encyclopedia Brunoniana.
- ^ Author biography from publisher's web site for Ptolemy's Almagest.
- ^ Swerdlow, N. M. (1998), Otto E. Neugebauer 1899–1990 (PDF), United States National Academy of Sciences.
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