Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool in The Hague in 1596 and dead on 28 September 1667, was a Dutch orientalist and mathematician at Leiden University, primarily remembered as an Orientalist who published Arabic texts at Leiden and made Arabic-to-Latin translations. His best-known work is the Arabic-to-Latin dictionary Lexicon Arabico-Latinum of 1653. He went to Leiden in 1612 to study mathematics under Willebrord Snellius, registered again in 1618 to study Arabic under Erpenius, accompanied the Dutch embassy to Morocco in 1622, succeeded Erpenius as professor of Arabic in 1625 and toured the Eastern Mediterranean from 1626 to 1629, collecting Arabic and Persian texts for the Leiden library. He later held the chair of mathematics as well as that of Arabic and taught mathematics to René Descartes.
Facts
Connections
Mentored By
Source Jacobus Golius (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Nationality
Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.
Source Jacobus Golius (Wikipedia)Lead, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality
Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool (1596 – September 28, 1667), was a Dutch orientalist and mathematician based at the Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Sources
1. Jacobus Golius (Wikipedia)
Lead, nationality
Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool (1596, September 28, 1667), was a Dutch orientalist and mathematician based at the Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Biography, birth
Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool (1596, September 28, 1667), was a Dutch orientalist and mathematician based at the Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Biography, gender
He is primarily remembered as an Orientalist.
Mentored By: Willebrord Snellius, Body, teacher
He went to the University of Leiden in 1612 to study mathematics under Willebrord Snellius.
View the SourceReader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.