Richard Norwood in The Seamans Practice (1637) determined that 1/60th of a degree of any great circle on Earth's surface was 6,120 feet (vs the modern value of 6,080 feet).
In 1622 Norwood married, in London, Rachel, daughter of Francis Boughton of Sandwich.
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He is also credited with founding Bermuda's oldest school, Warwick Academy, in 1662.
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