Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician and physicist
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, FRS was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. Wikipedia
Born: April 14, 1629, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: July 8, 1695 (age 66 years), The Hague, Netherlands
Discovered: Titan and Orion Nebula
Education: Universiteit Leiden, University of Angers, and Orange College of Breda
Influenced: Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Leonhard Euler
Parents: Constantijn Huygens and Suzanna van Baerle
Siblings: Constantijn Huygens Jr., Susanna Huygens, Lodewijck Huygens, and more