Willebrord Snellius

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Willebrord Snellius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer best known for formulating the law that describes how light bends when passing between different media.

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mathematician
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Willebrord Snellius
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Willebrord Snellius
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birthDate 1580-06-13
birthPlace County of Holland
Dutch Republic
Leiden
centuryOfActivity 17th century
citizenship Dutch
contributedTo development of modern geodesy
improvement of triangulation techniques
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
Netherlands
deathDate 1626-10-30
deathPlace County of Holland
Dutch Republic
Leiden
discovered Snell’s law of refraction
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educatedAt University of Leiden
surface form: Leiden University
employer University of Leiden
surface form: Leiden University
era Scientific Revolution
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father Rudolph Snellius
fieldOfWork astronomy
geodesy
mathematics
optics
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influenced development of optical physics
later work on refraction and lenses
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
Latin
notableFor Snell’s law of refraction
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law of refraction
triangulation methods in surveying
positionHeld professor of astronomy at Leiden University
professor of mathematics at Leiden University
studied astronomical observation
geometry
refraction of light
usedMethod triangulation for measuring distances on Earth
workLocation Leiden

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Willebrord Snellius alsoKnownAs Willebrord Snellius
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