Absolutely. John Dee was the person that invented the term "British Empire". He was not only the greatest mathematician of his day, he was the greatest linguist and the greatest scienitest and alchemist. His theories, especially on conic sections, optics and geometry were centuries ahead of his time. He co-founded Trinity College Cambridge, where Newton was professor. He had the biggest library in europe, and the influenced the wizard archetype. It's possible he advised Queen Elizabeth to purchase New Amsterdam from the dutch and make it New York. With that line being the stable equinox. 8 leap years in 33 is vastly more accurate than what we have today. Humans will often celebrate annivesaries on the wrong day and not notice. But crabs would notice. His work the Monas is one of the most powerful books written. He also unified religoin and science with his work on communicating with the angels, Enochian. He did change alot, and people like him come around every few centuries. He was kind of the Satoshi of his day.
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