Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern …

Mar 12, 2025 · Nathaniel Bowditch was a self-educated American mathematician and astronomer, author of the best American book on navigation of his time and translator from the French of …

Navigator, mathematician, astronomer, clerk, insurance company executive, accountant—Nathaniel Bowditch was all these things. He grew up in the late 1700s in Salem, …

Bowditch made no permanent mark as a scientist, but his methodizing, systematizing, rationalizing ways shaped American institutional life and the modus operandi of American …

Self-educated American mathematician and astronomer Nathaniel Bowditch was the author of the best American book on navigation of his time and translator from the French of Pierre-Simon …

Nathaniel Bowditch was born on March 26, 1773, in the town of Salem, Massachu­setts, the son of Habakkuk Bowditch, a poor cooper who later turned to the sea as his business ashore …

Jun 11, 2018 · Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) was an American navigator and mathematician. An exceptional critic of European theoretical mathematics, he was the first American to publish …