List of Famous people with last name Snellius

Willebrord Snellius

Willebrord Snel van Rayen

First Name Willebrord

Died on October 30, 1626

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

Willebrord Snellius was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, known in the English-speaking world as Snell. In the west, especially the English speaking countries, his name is attached to the law of refraction of light.

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Rudolph Snellius

First Name Rudolph

Last Name Snellius

Died on March 2, 1613

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Utrecht

Rudolph Snel van Royen, Latinized as Rudolph Snellius, was a Dutch linguist and mathematician who held appointments at the University of Marburg and the University of Leiden. Snellius was an influence on some of the leading political and intellectual forces of the Dutch Golden Age.

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