Caption: "Miniature of Richard of Wallingford (1292--1336), Abbot (1326--1336) of St. Albans, mathematician and inventor of a mechanical astronomical clock. He is shown seated at his desk measuring with a compass."
From Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani (History of the abbots of St Albans) (late 14th century) by Thomas of Walsingham (died c. 1422).
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late 14th century
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2006) /
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