List of Famous people with last name Gravesande

Willem 's Gravesande

First Name Willem

Last Name Gravesande

Died on February 28, 1742

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, North Brabant

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe.

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