Samuel Morland
1625
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1695
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Kingdom of England
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Magdalene College
occupation: mathematician, civil engineer, inventor, diplomat, engineer, spy
Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 – 30 December 1695), or Moreland, was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician of the 17th century, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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