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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Label	Occurrences
Christiaan Huygens canonical	34
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Christiaan Huygens Sr.	1
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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	Christiaan Huygens self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Huygens
father	Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ
givenName	Christiaan Huygens self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Christiaan
influenced	Augustin-Jean Fresnel ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ later wave theory of light ⓘ
influencedBy	Galileo Galilei ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ
invented	pendulum clock ⓘ
inventionDateOfPendulumClock	1656 ⓘ
knownFor	Huygens–Fresnel principle ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
publicationDate	1657 (De ratiociniis in ludo aleae) ⓘ Horologium Oscillatorium ⓘ surface form: 1673 (Horologium Oscillatorium) 1690 (Traité de la lumière) ⓘ
sibling	Constantijn Huygens ⓘ surface form: Constantijn Huygens Jr.
studiedAt	University of Leiden ⓘ
workedIn	Paris ⓘ The Hague ⓘ

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