Willebrord Snellius

Also known as Willebrord Snel van Royen, Willebrordus Snellius, Snell, Willebrord Snell, Snellius, Willebrord Snel, W. Snellius (Snel van Royen)

Dutch astronomer and mathematician

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It sits within the topics 1580 births, 1626 deaths and 17th-century Dutch astronomers.

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Key facts

Born: 13 June 1580, Leiden , Dutch Republic
Died: 30 October 1626 (1626-10-30) (aged 46), Leiden , Dutch Republic
Alma mater: University of Leiden
Known for: Snell's law , Snellius's triangulation , Snellius–Pothenot problem
Fields: Astronomy and mathematics
Institutions: University of Leiden
Academic advisors: Ludolph van Ceulen , Rudolph Snellius
Notable students: Jacobus Golius

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of birth: Leiden
Place of death: Leiden
Father: Rudolph Snellius
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Leiden University
Employer: Leiden University
Languages spoken: Latin
Notable work: Snell's window
Doctoral advisor: Rudolph Snellius
Doctoral student: Jacobus Golius
Field of work: astronomy
Image: Portret van Willebrordus Snellius, RP-P-OB-15.346.jpg

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place of burial: Pieterskerk
Commons category: Willebrord Snellius
date of death: 1626-10-30
date of birth: 1580-06-23
name in native language: Willebrord Snel van Royen
birth name: Willebrord Snel van Rayen
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
Commons Creator page: Willebrord Snellius

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Encyclopedic overview

Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell (13 June 1580 – 30 October 1626), commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.

Snell is best known for discovering the law of refraction of light, now known as Snell's law, his pioneering work in survey known as Snellius's triangulation, and the Snellius–Pothenot problem, a means in planar trigonometry of finding an unknown point from known ones.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Willebrord Snellius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.