Thomas Digges

Thomas Digges
Bornc. 1546
Wootton, Kent, England
Died(1595-08-24)24 August 1595
London, England
NationalityEnglish
Known forProposing that the universe is infinite in extent
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomer and mathematician
Academic advisorsJohn Dee
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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]

  1. ^ Johnston 2004b.
  2. ^ Al-Khalili, Jim, Everything and Nothing – 1. Everything, BBC Four, 9:00PM Mon, 21 March 2011