Nicolaas Hartsoeker

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Nicolaas Hartsoeker

Also Known As: "Nicolaes Hartsoeker", "Nicolaas Hartsoecker"
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Birthplace: Gouda, Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
Death: December 10, 1725 (69)
Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Place of Burial: Utrecht
Immediate Family:

Son of Ds. Christiaan Hartsoeker and Anna van der Meij
Husband of Elisabeth Hartsoeker
Father of Christiaan Hartsoeker and Theodorus Hartsoeker
Brother of Catharina Hartsoecker; Johannes Hartsoeker; Christiaan Hartsoecker; Francois Hartsoeker and Aletta Hartsoeker

Occupation: astronomer, instrument maker, physicist, sterrenkundige,, embryoloog,
Managed by: Alex Bickle
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About Nicolaas Hartsoeker

Nicolaas Hartsoeker (26 March 1656, Gouda – 10 December 1725, Utrecht)

was a Dutch mathematician and physicist who invented the screw-barrel simple microscope circa 1694.

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Nicolaas Hartsoeker's Timeline

1656
March 26, 1656
Gouda, Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
1684
1684
Parijs, Parijs, Île-de-France, France
1686
1686
Parijs-Frankrijk
1725
December 10, 1725
Age 69
Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
December 10, 1725
Age 69
Utrecht