Dutch mathematician Willebrord van Roijen Snell (1580 –
October 30, 1626) is best known for his discovery regarding
the refraction of light rays. It became the basis of modern
geometric optics, but only became known seventy years after
his death when Christiaan Huygens mentioned it in his
Dioptrica. Snell was born at Leiden in the Netherlands. He
was a child prodigy who was said to have been familiar with
all the standard mathematical works by the age of twelve.
Despite this, Snell initially studied law at the University of Leiden, where his father, Rudolph Snell (or
Snellius) was professor of mathematics and Hebrew. Willebrord Snell traveled to Prague to make
observations with Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. In 1608 he received an M.A. degree from Leiden
and married Maria De Lange. They had eighteen children, of whom only three survived. In 1613 he
succeeded his father, as professor of mathematics at Leiden after the latter’s death.
Dutch mathematician Willebrord van Roijen Snell (1580 –
October 30, 1626) is best known for his discovery regarding
the refraction of light rays. It became the basis of modern
geometric optics, but only became known seventy years after
his death when Christiaan Huygens mentioned it in his
Dioptrica. Snell was born at Leiden in the Netherlands. He
was a child prodigy who was said to have been familiar with
all the standard mathematical works by the age of twelve.
Despite this, Snell initially studied law at the University of Leiden, where his father, Rudolph Snell (or
Snellius) was professor of mathematics and Hebrew. Willebrord Snell traveled to Prague to make
observations with Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. In 1608 he received an M.A. degree from Leiden
and married Maria De Lange. They had eighteen children, of whom only three survived. In 1613 he
succeeded his father, as professor of mathematics at Leiden after the latter’s death.
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