Heuraet, Hendrik van

1. Dates

Born: Haarlem, 1633

Died: c. 1660

Dateinfo: Death Uncertain

Lifespan: 27

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Dutch

Career: Dutch

Death: Dutch

4. Education

Schooling: Leiden, Saumur

One of the few secure facts about Heuraet is that he enrolled in Leiden in March 1653 to study medicine. He also studied mathematics under Schooten with Huygens and Hudde.

In 1658 we know that he was at the Protestant university in Saumur for a time.

Although one seems probable, there is no mention of a degree.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Calvinist assumed

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Mathematics

His only published work concerned the rectification of curves, in a letter to Schooten that was published in the second edition of Descartes's Geometria.

The last mention of Heuraet is found in a letter of Huygens of December 1659.

7. Means of Support

Primary: Unknown

8. Patronage

Type: None

9. Technological Involvement

Type: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Sources

1. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek.
2. There is precious little information about Heuraet.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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