Thomas Digges | |
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| Born | c. 1546 Wootton, Kent, England |
| Died | 24 August 1595 London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Proposing that the universe is infinite in extent |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomer and mathematician |
| Academic advisors | John Dee |
| Notes | |
Thomas Digges (/dɪɡz/; c. 1546 – 24 August 1595) was an English mathematician and astronomer. He was the first to expound the Copernican system in English but discarded the notion of a fixed shell of immoveable stars to postulate infinitely many stars at varying distances.[1] He was also first to postulate the "dark night sky paradox".[2]