Jacobus Golius
Orientalist and mathematician
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Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool, was an Orientalist and mathematician based at the University of Leiden in Netherlands. He is primarily remembered as an Orientalist. He published Arabic texts in Arabic at Leiden, and did Arabic-to-Latin... Wikipedia
Born: 1596, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: September 28, 1667 (age 71 years), Leiden, Netherlands
Academic advisors: Thomas van Erpe, René Descartes, and Willebrord Snellius
Notable students: René Descartes, Frans van Schooten, and Hiob Ludolf