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Edward Cocker

Illustration — Portrait of Edward Cocker by Richard Gaywood, 1657 Edward Cocker (163122 August 1676) was an English engraver, who also taught calligraphy and arithmetic. Cocker was the reputed author of the famous Arithmetick, the popularity of which has added a phrase ("according to Cocker") to the list of English proverbialisms. He is credited with the authorship and execution of some fourteen sets of copy slips, one of which, Daniel's Copy-Book, ingraven by Edward Cocker, Philomath (1664), is preserved in the British Museum.

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Edward Cocker

Edward Cocker, by Richard Gaywood (floruit 1644-1668). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have a known author with unknown death date, but according to the NPG's website the author was floruit (known to be active) prior to 1859, and so is r

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Born
Edward Cocker was born about 1631 (approximately). · Kingdom of England.
Died
Edward Cocker died on 22 August 1676. · London.
Occupation
engraver
Known for
Cocker's Arithmetick · Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick
Languages
English

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Illustration — Portrait of Edward Cocker by Richard Gaywood, 1657 Edward Cocker (163122 August 1676) was an English engraver, who also taught calligraphy and arithmetic. Cocker was the reputed author of the famous Arithmetick, the popularity of which has added a phrase ("according to Cocker") to the list of English proverbialisms. He is credited with the authorship and execution of some fourteen sets of copy slips, one of which, Daniel's Copy-Book, ingraven by Edward Cocker, Philomath (1664), is preserved in the British Museum.

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