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Stampioen, Jan Jansz. de Jonge
- 1. Dates
- Born: Rotterdam, 1610.
- Died: The Hague, after 1689
- Dateinfo: Death Uncertain
- Lifespan: 79
- 2. Father
- Occupation: Artisan, Engineer
- Jan Jansz. Stampioen, maker of astronomical instruments and an official surveyor. I list him as both artisan and engineer.
- No information on financial status.
- 3. Nationality
- Birth: Dutch
- Career: Dutch
- Death: Dutch
- 4. Education
- Schooling: No University
- No mention of a university.
- 5. Religion
- Affiliation: Calvinist (assumed)
- 6. Scientific Disciplines
- Primary: Mathematics
- 1632, published on spherical trigonometry.
- 1639, a work on algebra.
- A challenge problem involving cubics that he issued anonymously generated a bitter dispute with Waessenaer, in which Descartes was covertly involved.
- 7. Means of Support
- Primary: Schoolmastering, Patronage
- He taught mathematics in Rotterdam.
- He became tutor to Prince William (II) in 1638 and moved to the Hague.
- In The Hague he opened a printing shop, but it appears that it sole function was to issue Stampioen's writings.
- In 1644 he became tutor in mathematics to the two Huygens boys.
- 8. Patronage
- Types: Court Official, Government Official
- See above.
- He dedicated his Algebra to Prince Frederik Hendrik.
- 9. Technological Involvement
- Types: Cartography, Navigation
- He issued a topographical map in 1650.
- In 1698 (the last thing known about him) he served as a technical expert in a test of a method to determine longitude.
- 10. Scientific Societies
- Memberships: None
- Sources
- Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek.
- Bierens de Haan, "Bouwstoffen voor de geschiedenis der wis- en natuurkundigen wetenschappen en de Nederlanden, XXX: J.J.
- Stampioen de Jonge en Jacob à Waessenaer," Verslagen en mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, 3rd ser., 3, (Amsterdam, 1887), 69-119.
- There is simply not much information about Stampioen, who is known primarily for having crossed swords with Descartes.
- Compiled by:
- Richard S. Westfall
- Department of History and Philosophy of Science
- Indiana University
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