Samuel Morland
Samuel Morland | |
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Portrait of Morland by Peter Lely, 1645 | |
| Born | 1625 |
| Died | 30 December 1695 (aged 70) |
| Resting place | St Paul's Church, Hammersmith |
| Other names | Samuel Moreland |
| Spouses | Huguenot Susanne de Milleville
(m. 1657; died 1668)Carola Harsnett
(m. 1670; died 1674)Ann Feilding
(m. 1676; died 1680)Mary Ayliffe
(m. 1687; div. 1688) |
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Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 – 30 December 1695), or Moreland, was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician of the 17th century, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power.