Thomas Digges

Thomas Digges (* 1546 in Wotton, Kent, England; † August 24, 1595 in London ), son of Leonard Digges, was an English cosmography, contributed essential to the invention with the theodolite and campaigned for the popularization of science. When his teacher applies after the death of his father, the philosopher John Dee. Digges also served as a member of the English Parliament, was the general of the English army.

One of the major scientific achievements Digges is the discussion of the Copernican worldview. Digges showed that the idea of ​​heaven shells is not scientifically tenable. In his work, A Perfit Description of the Caelestial Orbes he explained a homogeneous distribution of stars in an infinite universe.