List of Famous people named Gerardus

Here are some famous Gerarduses:

Gerardus Mercator

First Name Gerardus
Born on March 5, 1512
Died on December 2, 1594 (aged 82)

Gerardus Mercator was a 16th-century geographer, cosmographer and cartographer from the County of Flanders. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.

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Gerardus Vossius

First Name Gerardus
Died on March 19, 1649

Gerrit Janszoon Vos, often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar and theologian.

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Gerardus de Lon

First Name Gerardus
Died on November 30, 1091
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Gerardus Vrolik

First Name Gerardus
Born on April 25, 1775
Died on November 10, 1859 (aged 84)
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Gerardus de Vries

First Name Gerardus
Born on August 15, 1648
Died on December 1, 1705 (aged 57)
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Gerardus J. Sizoo

First Name Gerardus
Born on November 8, 1900
Died on January 4, 1994 (aged 93)

Gerardus Johannes Sizoo was the first professor of physics at the Vrije Universiteit. He is notable for the establishment and development of the applied physics laboratory in 1930 and the establishment of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Vrije Universiteit.

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Gerardus de Vet

First Name Gerardus
Born on November 15, 1917
Died on March 27, 1967 (aged 49)

Gerardus de Vet was a Dutch clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda. He was ordained in 1943. He was appointed in 1962. He died in 1967.

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