Talk:Henry Billingsley

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THis was either a good stub or a low level start, but with the citations, I gave it a start rating. More information at all aspects of this persons life is sorely needed.

ludahai 魯大海 00:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The section on Billingsley's Euclid edition might need revision. It currently says that "The translation, renowned for its clarity and accuracy, was made from Greek". However I have come across the following: "Billingsley made the translation himself, he did it from the original Greek, rather than from one of the Latin translations. We know this because the actual copy of the Greek edition that Billingsley used, printed in Basel in 1533, survives in the Princeton University Library." (https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/henry-billingsley). However, the claim it came from the 'original Greek' might be incorrect. The Basel copy of 1533 is presumably the Greek edition by Simon Grynäus (1493-1541). However, it appears his Greek edition came from a Latin translation by Zamberti, who, in turn, made his edition from actual Greek copies. "This Greek edition was prepared by the German theologian Simon Grynäus (1493-1541) using a Latin translation made from the Greek manuscript by Bartolomeo Zamberti in 1505 and two Greek manuscripts supplied by Lazarus Bayfius and Joannes Ruellius (1474-1537)." from https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-first-printed-greek-euclids-elements

So the sequence is more like -> Greek -> Latin -> Greek -> Billinsgley. Rhodydog (talk) 20:02, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]