Christiaan Huygens

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astronomer human inventor mathematician natural philosopher physicist

Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomer → human → inventor → mathematician → natural philosopher → physicist →
authored	De ratiociniis in ludo aleae → Horologium Oscillatorium → Traité de la lumière →
birthDate	1629-04-14 →
birthPlace	Dutch Republic → The Hague →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic →
deathDate	1695-07-08 →
deathPlace	The Hague →
discovered	Titan →
discoveryDateOfTitan	1655 →
familyName	Huygens →
father	Constantijn Huygens →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → mathematics → mechanics → optics → physics → probability theory →
givenName	Christiaan →
influenced	Augustin-Jean Fresnel → Isaac Newton → later wave theory of light →
influencedBy	Galileo Galilei → René Descartes →
invented	pendulum clock →
inventionDateOfPendulumClock	1656 →
knownFor	Huygens' principle → Huygens–Fresnel principle → discovery of Titan → early work on probability → invention of the pendulum clock → studies of Saturn's rings → wave theory of light → work on centrifugal force →
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch → French → Latin →
memberOf	Académie des Sciences → Royal Society →
name	Christiaan Huygens →
publicationDate	1657 (De ratiociniis in ludo aleae) → 1673 (Horologium Oscillatorium) → 1690 (Traité de la lumière) →
sibling	Constantijn Huygens Jr. →
studiedAt	University of Leiden →
workedIn	Paris → The Hague →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae → Horologium Oscillatorium → Traité de la lumière →	author
Abraham de Moivre → Jakob Bernoulli →	influencedBy
Cassini–Huygens → Huygens–Fresnel principle →	namedAfter
Lodewijk Huygens → Philips Huygens →	relative
Lodewijk Huygens → Philips Huygens →	sibling
Traité de la lumière →	authorBirthName
Constantijn Huygens →	child
Henry Oldenburg →	correspondedWith
Titan →	discoveredBy
Christiaan Huygens ("Huygens") →	familyName
Constantijn Huygens ("Christiaan Huygens Sr.") →	father
Christiaan Huygens ("Christiaan") →	givenName
Christiaan →	hasFamousBearer
Scientific Revolution →	hasParticipant
wave theory of light →	historicalProponent
Christiaan Huygens →	name
Pierre de Fermat →	notableColleague
Dutch Golden Age →	notableFigure
F. Muguet →	notablePublicationAuthor
Dutch Republic →	notableScientist
Frans van Schooten →	notableStudent
Hofwijck →	residenceOf
Hofwijck →	significantPerson