Edmund Wingate

Edmund Wingate (1596–1656) was an English mathematical and legal writer, one of the first to publish in the 1620s on the principle of the slide rule, and later the author of some popular expository works. He was also a Member of Parliament during the Interregnum. Quotes Summa Ratio est, quae pro Religione facit. It is the highe Reason that makes for Religion. Maximes of Reason, or, The Reason of the Common Law of England (London: printed by R. & W.L. for W. Lee, A. Crook, D. Pakeman, H. Twiford, G. Bedell, T. Dring, J. Place), p. 3, no. 1 External links Category:1596 births Category:1656 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of England Category:Mathematicians from England Category:University of Oxford alumni