(1502 Alcácer do Sal, PT – 11. 8. 1578 Coimbra, PT)
Professor of mathematics, cosmographer, the inventor of the nonius
University of Coimbra
Tutor in the reigning family of Portugal
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Nunes
The MacTutor History of Mathematics.
Available online http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Nunes.html