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Abraham Sharp.

© National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: PU2761
Title: Abraham Sharp.
Description: Abraham Sharp started out as a merchant's apprentice, but gave up business in favour of mathematics. He came to work at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 1676 as assistant and instrument maker to John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, and stayed until 1690. After 1690 he taught mathematics in London. He was a skilled instrument maker though few examples have survived. In 1717 he published 'Geometry Improved'.
Creator: George Vertue [engraver]
Date: 1744

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