Talk:Robert Recorde

Misattribution: invention of the equal sign?

The article states that Robert Recorde invented the equal sign. What is the reference for this? This seems dubious (see, e.g., refs in Footnote 4 of http://mbarany.com/Awgryme-Nov2019.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceacy (talk • contribs) 01:25, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

I found a web page that also attributes Robert Recode and cites the VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. The exact page at which such a statement occurs needs to be searched for though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.76.168.253 (talk) 14:00, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

respectable family

I would like to replace "respectable" with prominent does anyone object ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruskin (talk • contribs) 07:31, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Who is Sherburne?

Who is Sherburne and where did he write such things? The source of the statement in the 1911 Brittanica[1] (and the 1875 or 1902 edition[2]) is almost certainly Charles Hutton's Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary of 1795,[3] but there the trail seems to end. Sir Edward Sherburne (1616–1702) lived between Recorde and Hutton, but as a poet is not an immediately likely source.  --Lambiam 20:38, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Invented the + sign?

This article states he invented the plus sign, but other articles in Wikipedia (see also links) claims otherwise. At best he introduced it to English readers, but then again his works were amongst the first to be published in English. So it seems just outright wrong. Anyone know for sure? Dcutter (talk) 08:58, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

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Pronunciation?

Is the final e in the surname silent? Was silent in the 16th century? --Маргарита Бабовникова (talk) 05:56, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Publication dates of the first editions of RR works

According to Smith, David Eugene (July 1, 1917). "Medicine and Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century" (PDF). Ann Med Hist. 1 (2): 125–140. OCLC 12650954. PMC 7927718. PMID 33943138. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021. (here cited p. 131), all the publication dates for the first editions of RR works wereprevious than that provided by the current WP article. They have not been modified consequenly.

Being published in 1917, there seem not to be problems of copyright in citing its short biographies within multiple WP articles. Not always is avalaible an alternative source, as of now. Regards, Theologian81sp

The date of the death is also established after June 28, 1558, differently frm the WP article which foixes it by the middle of June 1558. Regards, Theologian81sp