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Willebrord Snellius

1580 - 1626

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Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen) (13 June 1580 – 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. The lunar crater Snellius is named after Willebrord Snellius. The Royal Netherlands Navy has named three survey ships after Snellius, including a currently-serving vessel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willebrord Snellius is the 108th most popular mathematician (down from 103rd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 85th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Mathematician.

Willebrord Snellius is most famous for his law of refraction, which is the law that governs the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Willebrord Snellius ranks 108 out of 1,004. Before him are Felix Klein, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Augustus De Morgan, Anthemius of Tralles, and Émile Picard. After him are Paul Cohen, Alexis Clairaut, Grigori Perelman, Ctesibius, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, and George Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Willebrord Snellius ranks 2. Before him is Jan Baptist van Helmont. After him are Ustad Ahmad Lahori, John Smith, Gabriel Bethlen, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger. Among people deceased in 1626, Willebrord Snellius ranks 3. Before him are Francis Bacon, and Nurhaci. After him are John Dowland, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Ernst von Mansfeld, Adriaen de Vries, Paul Bril, Marino Ghetaldi, Pietro Cataldi, Isabella of Savoy, and Christian the Younger of Brunswick.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willebrord Snellius ranks 78 out of 1,646. Before him are Mark Rutte (1967), Han van Meegeren (1889), Peter Canisius (1521), Sylvia Kristel (1952), Dieric Bouts (1415), and Herman Boerhaave (1668). After him are Johan de Witt (1625), Gerrit Rietveld (1888), Petrus Christus (1410), William II of Holland (1228), Jan Oort (1900), and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Willebrord Snellius ranks 2. Before him are L. E. J. Brouwer (1881). After him are Gemma Frisius (1508), Isaac Beeckman (1588), Willem de Sitter (1872), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Arend Heyting (1898), and Jacobus Golius (1596).

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