Wie was willebrord snellius biography

Dutch astronomer and mathematician (1580-1626)

Willebrord Snellius^[1][2] (born Willebrord Snel van Royen)^[3] (13 June 1580^[4] – 30 October 1626) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, commonly known as Snell.

His name is usually associated with the law of refraction of light known as Snell's law.^[5]

The lunar craterSnellius is named after Willebrord Snellius. The Royal Netherlands Navy has named three survey ships after Snellius, including a currently-serving vessel.

Biography

Willebrord Snellius was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

In 1613 he succeeded his father, Rudolph Snel van Royen (1546–1613) as professor of mathematics at the University of Leiden.

Snellius' triangulation

See also: Triangulation (surveying) § Willebrord Snellius

In 1615, Snellius, after the work of Eratosthenes in Ptolemaic Egypt in the 3rd century BC, probably was the first to try to do a large-sc Willebrord Snell - NOWI