Stephen Peter Rigaud
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Stephen Peter Rigaud FRAS was an English mathematical historian and astronomer. Rigaud was born into a French Protestant family. His father, Stephen Rigaud, was Observer at the Kew Observatory. The pa
The Rigaud children by John Francis Rigaud, 1778 (Ashmolean Museum)
A memorial to Stephen Peter Rigaud in St James's Church, Piccadilly
Bodleian Library
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The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it
Bodleian Library
Door to the Bodleian's main entrance, with the coats of arms of several Oxford colleges
The library in 1566, drawn by John Bereblock and given to Queen Elizabeth I as part of a book when she first visited Oxford
Doorway to the Schola Moralis Philosophiae (School of Moral Philosophy) at the Bodleian Library (now the staff entrance in the Schools Quadrangle)