Willebrord Snellius, born Willebrord Snel van Royen at Leiden on 13 June 1580 and dead on 30 October 1626, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, commonly known as Snellius or Snel. He is best known for the law of refraction of light now called Snell's law, for his pioneering survey work known as Snellius's triangulation, and for the Snellius-Pothenot problem, a means in planar trigonometry of finding an unknown point from known ones, though the law of refraction was first discovered by the Persian scientist Ibn Sahl around 984. The eldest of three children of the mathematician Rudolph Snellius, professor of mathematics at the University of Leiden, he received his early education at a school run by his father and was introduced to mathematics at a young age. His father first intended him to study law, but he developed a stronger interest in mathematics.
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Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snel (13 June 1580 – 30 October 1626), commonly known simply as Snellius and Snel, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
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Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snel (13 June 1580-30 October 1626), commonly known simply as Snellius and Snel, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
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Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snel (13 June 1580-30 October 1626), commonly known simply as Snellius and Snel, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
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is best known for discovering the law of refraction of light, now known as Snell's law, his pioneering work in survey known as Snellius's triangulation, and the Snellius-Pothenot problem, a means in planar trigonometry of finding an unknown point from
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Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snel (13 June 1580-30 October 1626), commonly known simply as Snellius and Snel, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
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He received his early education at a school run by his father and was introduced to mathematics at a young age.
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He went to the University of Leiden in 1612 to study mathematics under Willebrord Snellius.
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He received further instruction from Snellius from 1628 to 1630
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