Thomas Harriot (1560–1621) and the English origins of Algonkian linguistics

Summary Thomas Harriot (1560–1621) was an outstanding mathematician and astronomer whose scientific writings – had they not been allowed to remain in manuscript – would long ago have earned for him an international esteem comparable with that of Galileo and Kepler. Only in recent decades has his sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Historiographia Linguistica
Main Author: Salmon, Vivian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company 1992
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/hl.19.1.03sal
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