Humfrey Cole 1530 - 1591
- occupation:
- Die-sinker, Engraver, Scientific instrument maker
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- England, United Kingdom
name variants: Humphrey Cole; Humfray Colle;
sold scientific and mathematical instruments from St Paul's Churchyard, London; produced astrolabes, sundials, altazimuth and theodolites; Cole supplied navigational instruments to the Martin Frobisher expeditions searching for the North-West passage in 1576;
about 1563-1578 - was a die-sinker at the Mint at the Tower of London; and engraved maps