This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee 00:00:26 1 Science and sorcery 00:00:53 2 Biography 00:01:06 2.1 Early life 00:01:46 2.2 Later life 00:02:26 2.3 Final years 00:02:53 3 Personal life 00:03:20 4 Achievements 00:03:33 4.1 Thought 00:04:00 4.2 Advocacy of English expansion 00:04:26 5 Reputation and significance 00:05:06 5.1 Calendar 00:05:33 5.2 Voynich manuscript 00:06:00 5.3 Works 00:06:13 5.4 Artefacts 00:06:40 6 Literary and cultural references 00:07:07 6.1 16th and 17th centuries 00:07:33 6.2 19th century 00:08:00 6.3 20th century 00:08:27 6.4 21st century 00:08:53 7 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: null Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.931423133139395 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-B "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and occult philosopher, and an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He spent much time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. He also advocated turning England's imperial expansion into a "British Empire", a term he is generally credited with coining.