Robert Recorde's guest appearances

Robert Recorde

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

John Dee

Robert Greene

John Dudley

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Wyatt

John Donne

Sir Philip Sidney

Anne Hathaway

Jane Seymour

Robert Glover

Robert Rich

Don Quixote

Richard III

Elizabeth I

Anya Reiss

OwlTail

Yes, you read that title right!  On this day in Tudor history, 18th June 1558, the will of Welsh mathematician, physician and mint administrator Robert Recorde was proved.  Recorde invented the "=" sign and wrote books on mathematics and also a urological treatise "The Urinal of Physick". Let historian Claire Ridgway tell you all about this man and his works, which have such catchy titles! You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/u54dqoddY1M Also on this day in Tudor history, 18th June 1546, twenty-five-year-old Anne Askew was found guilty of heresy at London’s Guildhall along with Nicholas Shaxton (former Bishop of Salisbury), Nicholas White and John Hadlam. Find out more about what led to the trial and execution of this Protestant martyr in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/bmJtFqoJXDc Links to read Robert Recorde's works: The Whetstone of Witte - https://archive.org/details/TheWhetstoneOfWitte The Grounde of Artes - https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasures-the-grounde-of-artes-by-robert-recorde The Urinal of Physick - https://books.google.es/books/about/The_urinal_of_physick.html?id=Sax491XagIgC&amp;redir_esc=y  You can find Claire at:https://www.theanneboleynfiles.comhttps://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttps://twitter.com/thetudorsocietyhttps://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

Yes, you read that title right!    On this day in Tudor history, 18th June 1558, the will of Welsh mathematician, physician and mint administrator Robert Recorde was proved.    Recorde invented the "=" sign and wrote books on mathematics and also a urological treatise "The Urinal of Physick". Let historian Claire Ridgway tell you all about this man and his works, which have such catchy titles!   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: <a href="https://youtu.be/u54dqoddY1M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/u54dqoddY1M</a>   Also on this day in Tudor history, 18th June 1546, twenty-five-year-old Anne Askew was found guilty of heresy at London’s Guildhall along with Nicholas Shaxton (former Bishop of Salisbury), Nicholas White and John Hadlam. Find out more about what led to the trial and execution of this Protestant martyr in last year’s video - <a href="https://youtu.be/bmJtFqoJXDc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/bmJtFqoJXDc</a>   Links to read Robert Recorde's works:   The Whetstone of Witte - <a href="https://archive.org/details/TheWhetstoneOfWitte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/TheWhetstoneOfWitte</a> The Grounde of Artes - <a href="https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasures-the-grounde-of-artes-by-robert-recorde" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasures-the-grounde-of-artes-by-robert-recorde</a> The Urinal of Physick - <a href="https://books.google.es/books/about/The_urinal_of_physick.html?id=Sax491XagIgC&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://books.google.es/books/about/The_urinal_of_physick.html?id=Sax491XagIgC&amp;redir_esc=y </a>   You can find Claire at: <a href="https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com</a><a href="https://www.tudorsociety.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tudorsociety.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles</a><a href="https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/</a>

June 18 - Robert Recorde, his urinal and the equals sign