Henry Briggs
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Henry Briggs may refer to:
- Henry Briggs (mathematician)Henry Briggs (mathematician)Henry Briggs was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour....
(1561–1630) - Henry Briggs (politician) (Sir), (1844–1919)
- Henry Shaw BriggsHenry Shaw BriggsHenry Shaw Briggs was brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.During the war, Briggs served as a captain with the 8th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was the colonel and first commander of the 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry...
(Brigadier General), Union general in the American Civil War