Articles of category "Dee, John"

John Dee was a world renowned astrologer in the fifteen hundreds who actually was an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He practiced astrology at a time that was critical for the science, when it transformed itself from an image as a parlor hall trick practiced by drifting con men and women. John Dee was a great man in the field of astrology who is revered by astrologers to this very day.

John Dee was not only an astrologer, but he was also referred to as the magician Dee, because he studied magic. The mathematician Dee also studied mathematics. The magician Dee was always short of money because of his book collection which later was the beginning of a large library, The British Library. The magician Dee was also found of devising a ciphering system for royalty.