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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (81092)7/2/2007 11:40:41 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
The first 007

John Dee (1527-1608) was a true Renaissance man:

a brilliant mathematician, whose study ranged from geo-cartography and calculus which was vital in navigating the New World for explorers, to astrology, alchemy, the Cabala, cypher writing, religion, architecture, and science. . . . His library at the riverside village of Mortlake was considered the finest private collection in Europe containing thousands of bound books and handwritten manuscripts devoted to philosophy, science and esoterica. In comparison the University of Cambridge at the time had a mere 451 total books and manuscripts in their possession.

Dee had been the tutor of Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and the favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. It was Leicester who introduced Dee to Elizabeth before her accession to the throne. Dee became an important scientific and astrological advisor to Elizabeth. He also became her "eyes" -- in some respects her spy -- during his travels abroad. Dee signed his letters to the queen with what appear to be the numerals 007:



The two zeros apparently signified his role as Elizabeth's "eyes" abroad'; the final symbol is more mysterious. "The two circles," writes Richard Deacon (qtd. by Cooper and Gerald) "are guarded by what may be considered a square root sign or an elongated seven. For Dee, seven was a sacred cabbalistic and lucky number." So John Dee was the first agent -- on her majesty's secret service -- to sign himself as 007.

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