Christiaan Huygens
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1629The Hague
Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He discovered Saturn's rings and moon Titan, invented the pendulum clock, and developed the wave theory of light.
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- occupation
- astronomer·mathematician·physicist·musicologist·inventor·music theorist
- country of citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- member of
- Royal Society·French Academy of Sciences
- father
- Constantijn Huygens
- mother
- Suzanna van Baerle