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English: Portrait of en:Robert Recorde (1510 – 1558 ), sixteenth-century Welsh mathematician and inventor of the 'equals' sign.
Date Robert Recorde died in 1558; this is assumed to be a portrait from life
Source Original source unknown; reproduced in chapter 24 ("Seryddiaeth yng Nghymru", trans. "Astronomy in Wales") of "Seryddiaeth a Seryddwyr" ("Astronomy and Astronomers"), by the Rev. J. Silas Evans, published 1923
Author Original painter unknown
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