William Batecumbe

William Batecumbe or Badecumbe (fl. 1348) was an English mathematician and astrologer. His work is largely lost: some works of later authors have been attributed to him.[1]

Life

Batecumbe was at the University of Oxford, where he was magister.[1]

Works

Batecumbe produced a 1348 edition of the Alphonsine tables. Tabula mediorum motuum Planetarum in annis collectis et expansis, composita a magistro Batecombe, a manuscript preserved in the library of Magdalen College, Oxford, and a manuscript listed a formerly belonging to John Dee and named "Tabulæ Latitudinum secundum Bachecombe", are taken to be derived works.[1][2]

De Sphæræ concavæ fabrica et usu, a copy of which was seen by John Bale in the library of Robert Recorde, and De Sphæra solida, are late attributions.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 North, J. D. "Batecombe, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1665. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2  Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Batecumbe, William". Dictionary of National Biography 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Batecumbe, William". Dictionary of National Biography 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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