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Biographical Information Concerning Henry Sherwin

Henry Sherwin's Mathematical Tables achieved some popularity. The first edition was published ~1706 and the fifth and last in 1771. Some editions were more erroneous than others and the error rate was not monotonically decreasing. The 1873 Royal Society Report says:

"Sherwin's tables are of historical interest as forming part of the main line of descent from BRIGGS; and the different editions cover the greater part of the last century. The chief succcssion (considering only logarithms of numbers) is BRIGGS, VLACQ, ROE, JOHN NEWTON, SHERWIN, GARDINER; and then there are two branches; viz. HUTTON founded on SHERWIN and CALLET on GARDINER, the editions of VEGA forming an offshoot."

Q: What biographical information exists concerning Henry Sherwin?