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Categories: Dutch music theorists, Leiden University alumni, Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church, Age of Enlightenment, Optical physicists
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Huygens  Christiaan Huygens  Christian Huygens  Bibiolography of Christiaan Huygens  Bibliography of Christiaan Huygens
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Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) WordNet 3.0
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Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. Wikipedia
Dutch mathematician and physicist Wikidata
IS A
physicist
homo
ARCHIVES AT
ETH Zurich University Archives
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Dutch Republic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Canon of Dutch History
Otto's encyclopedia
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DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Jan Jansz de Jonge Stampioen
Frans van Schooten
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Leibniz
EDUCATED AT
University of Angers
Leiden University
EMPLOYER
French Academy of Sciences
FAMILY NAME
Huygens
FATHER
Constantijn Huygens
FIELD OF WORK
astronomy
mathematics
mechanics
physics
GIVEN NAME
Christiaan
HAS WORKS IN THE COLLECTION
Museum Boerhaave
University Museum Utrecht
Leiden University
Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum
INFLUENCED BY
Galileo
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Latin
MEMBER OF
Royal Society
French Academy of Sciences
MOTHER
Suzanna van Baerle
NOTABLE WORK
Horologium Oscillatorium
OCCUPATION
astronomer
mathematician
physicist
instrument maker
theoretical physicist
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PLACE OF BIRTH
The Hague
PLACE OF DEATH
The Hague
RELIGION
Dutch Reformed Church
SEX OR GENDER
male
SIBLING
Lodewijck Huygens
Constantijn Huygens Jr.
Susanna Huygens
STUDENT
Leibniz
Denis Papin
WORK LOCATION
Paris
Hofwijck
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens
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Bibiolography of Christiaan Huygens, Bibliography of Christiaan Huygens, C. Huyghens, Christaan Huygens, Christan Huygens, Christiaan huygens, Christiaan Huyghens, Christian Huygens, Christian Huyges, Christian Huyghens, Christianus Hugenius, Christiian Huygens, Cosmotheoros, Discoverer of Titan, Huyghenian, Huyghens, The Celestial Worlds Discover'd
Wikidata Alias
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Christiaen Huygens, Christian Hugenius, Christian Huygens

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