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Briggs

[brigz]
–noun
Henry, 1561–1630, English mathematician.
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Briggs   (brĭgz)   
English mathematician who devised the decimal-based system of logarithms and invented the modern method of long division.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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