Thomas Digges (1546?, Wootton – 24. srpna 1595, Londýn) byl anglický matematik a astronom. Jako první vyložil Koperníkův systém v angličtině, ale vyřadil myšlenku o pevné struktuře nehybných hvězd k předpokladu nekonečně mnoha hvězd v…
Leonard Digges (c.1515 – c.1559) was a well-known English mathematician and surveyor, credited with the invention of the theodolite, and a great populariser of science through his writings in English on surveying, cartography, and military…
John Sackville MP (before 17 March 1484 – 26 September 1557) was a member of parliament for East Grinstead, and a local administrator in Essex, Sussex and Surrey.
Sir William Brandon (1456 [1 ] – 22 August 1485) of Soham, Cambridgeshire was Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth, where he was killed by King Richard III. [2 ] He was the father of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk…
He came into an estate at Brabourne, Kent, by his marriage to an heiress, Isabel Herbert. He was Mayor of Canterbury in 1450, served as High Sheriff of Kent for 1439, 1450 and 1458 and represented Kent in the Parliament of 1455.
Nan Reynoldsová povzbuzuje svého manžela Billa, který pracuje jako textař, aby si otevřel vlastní agenturu. Agentura je téměř v krachu, ale nakonec se mu podaří získat klienta.