Samuel Morland

Samuel Morland
Portrait of Morland by Peter Lely, 1645
Born1625 (1625)
Died30 December 1695
Resting placeSt Paul's Church, Hammersmith
Other namesSamuel Moreland
Spouses
  • Huguenot Susanne de Milleville (married 1657-1668)
  • Carola Harsnett (married 1670-1674)
  • Ann Feilding (married 1676-1680)
  • Mary Ayliffe (married 1687-1688)
Parent
  • Thomas Morland

Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 – 30 December 1695), or Moreland, was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician of the 17th century, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power.