Christiaan Huygens

By Maddy

Childhood•Born in The Hague, Netherlands in the year 1629

•Homeschooled until 16 by private teachers

•His family was a very important Dutch family

Earlier in Life Career•Interested in the heavens

•Discovered many views of the solar system

•Created and built large telescopes

•Published his and the first book on probability theory

Adulthood•Elected to the Royal Society in1633

•Published many books•Died in the Netherlands in 1695•After he died many things were named after him

•Mentor of Gottfried Leibniz in mathematics

PICTURES OF

CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Christiaan_Huygens-painting.jpeg

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