Christiaan Huygens

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:University_of_Angers
gptkbp:birthDate 1629-04-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:The_Hague
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:probability_theory
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gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:deathDate 1695-07-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:The_Hague
gptkbp:developedBy pendulum clock
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Titan_(moon)
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gptkb:Huygens'_principle
gptkb:Huygens–Fresnel_principle
gptkb:Huygens_eyepiece
gptkb:Huygens_probe
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:optics
mechanics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christiaan Huygens
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:wave_theory_of_light
gptkb:Huygens–Fresnel_principle
discovery of Saturn's moon Titan
invention of the pendulum clock
studies of Saturn's rings
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Latin
Dutch
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Constantijn_Huygens
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Horologium_Oscillatorium
gptkb:Systema_Saturnium
gptkb:Traité_de_la_lumière
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Constantijn_Huygens_Jr.
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gptkb:Moon
gptkb:optics
gptkb:Galileo
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