1652 in science

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The year 1652 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Publications
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References

Publications

Nicholas Culpeper publishes his herbal, The English Physitian, or, An astrologo-physical discourse on the vulgar herbs of this nation, being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself, being sick.^[1]
Peter Heylin publishes his Cosmographie, one of the earliest attempts to describe the entire world in English and the first known description of Australia.

Births

April 21 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician, known for Rolle's theorem (d. 1719)
late in year - John Radcliffe, English physician (d. 1714)

Deaths

October 8 - John Greaves, English astronomer (b. 1602)
November 4 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)
November 21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician and astronomer (b. 1585)

References

^ Curry, Patrick (2004). "Culpeper, Nicholas (1616–1654)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6882. Retrieved 2011-03-23. Subscription or UK public library membership required