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Jacobus Golius

1596 - 1667

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Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool (1596 – September 28, 1667), was an Orientalist and mathematician based at the Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is primarily remembered as an Orientalist. He published Arabic texts in Arabic at Leiden, and did Arabic-to-Latin translations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacobus Golius has received more than 40,623 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacobus Golius is the 653rd most popular mathematician, the 656th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 13th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacobus Golius ranks 653 out of 1,004. Before him are Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Efim Zelmanov, Fritz Noether, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, and Charles Dupin. After him are Thomas Digges, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Jerzy Różycki, Johann Schreck, Nicolas Fuss, and Cesare Arzelà.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Jacobus Golius ranks 26. Before him are Ebba Brahe, Thomas de Keyser, Heinrich Scheidemann, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Bertuccio Valier.  Among people deceased in 1667, Jacobus Golius ranks 23. Before him are Fasilides, Melchiorre Cafà, Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann von Rist, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. After him are Giovanni Battista Zupi, and Abraham Cowley.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacobus Golius ranks 656 out of 1,646. Before him are Simon Vestdijk (1898), Alex Van Halen (1953), Frederik van Eeden (1860), Piet Dankert (1934), Hans Ooft (1947), and Jan de Vries (1890). After him are Herman Snellen (1834), Afrojack (1987), Peter Post (1933), Kees van Ierssel (1945), Volcher Coiter (1534), and Settela Steinbach (1934).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Jacobus Golius ranks 13. Before him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Arend Heyting (1898), and Diederik Korteweg (1848). After him are Gustav de Vries (1866), and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).

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