Christian Huygens

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:birthDate 1629-04-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:The_Hague
gptkbp:deathDate 1695-07-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:The_Hague
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Titan_(moon_of_Saturn)
gptkbp:education gptkb:Leiden_University
gptkb:College_of_Orange,_Breda
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Huygens'_ring
gptkb:Huygens'_surface
gptkb:Huygens_(crater_on_Mars)
gptkb:Huygens_(crater_on_the_Moon)
gptkb:Huygens_Gap
gptkb:Huygens_software
gptkb:Huygens'_law
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 Christian Huygens
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkb:Marin_Mersenne
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:wave_theory_of_light
gptkb:Huygens'_principle
gptkb:Huygens–Fresnel_principle
pendulum clock
studies of Saturn's rings
discovery of Titan
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Constantijn_Huygens
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Constantijn_Huygens_Jr.
gptkbp:signature Christian Huygens signature.svg
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Horologium_Oscillatorium
gptkb:Systema_Saturnium
gptkb:Traité_de_la_lumière
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Principle_of_superposition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5