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'''Cornelis de Waard''' (born August 19, 1879 in [[Bergen op Zoom]], died in [[Vlissingen]] on May 6, 1963) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] historian who specialized in science of the seventeenth century.<ref>Joseph W. Dauben, Christoph J. Scriba, Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development, Springer Science & Business Media - 2002, page 409</ref>
'''Cornelis de Waard''' (born 19 August 1879 in [[Bergen op Zoom]], died in [[Vlissingen]] on 6 May 1963) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] mathematics teacher and a historian who specialized in researching science and mathematics of the seventeenth century.<ref>Joseph W. Dauben, Christoph J. Scriba, Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development, Springer Science & Business Media - 2002, page 409</ref>


==Field of work==
==Biography==
De Waard studied mathematics and physics in [[Amsterdam]] and was then a teacher in [[The Hague]], [[Winschoten]], and from 1909 until retirement in 1944, lived in [[Vlissingen]].
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de Waard discovered and published several original writings of scholars of this period, including letters from [[Marin Mersenne]] and the journal of [[Isaac Beeckman]]. He assisted [[Étienne Gilson]] in the preparation of his edition of [[René Descartes]]' ''[[Discourse on the Method]]''. In his 1906 “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” ("The Discovery of the Telescope"), one of the first modern works on the subject, he put forward evidence that supported Middelburg spectacle-maker [[Zacharias Janssen]] as the inventor of the device.<ref>Albert Van Helden, Sven Dupré, Rob van Gent, The Origins of the Telescope, Amsterdam University Press - 2010, page 37-39</ref>

==Historical work==
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de Waard was particularly concerned with mathematicians of the first half of the 17th century such as [[René Descartes]], [[Pierre de Fermat]], [[Gilles Personne de Roberval]], [[Blaise Pascal]], [[Girard Desargues]]. He discovered and published several original writings of scholars of the seventeenth century, including 8 volumes of the correspondence [[Marin Mersenne]] and the journals of [[Isaac Beeckman]]. He assisted [[Étienne Gilson]] in the preparation of his edition of Descartes' ''[[Discourse on the Method]]''. In his 1906 “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” ("The Discovery of the Telescope"), one of the first modern works on the subject, he put forward evidence that supported Middelburg spectacle-maker [[Zacharias Janssen]] as the inventor of the device.<ref>Albert Van Helden, Sven Dupré, Rob van Gent, The Origins of the Telescope, Amsterdam University Press - 2010, page 37-39</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
* “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” (The Hague, 1906) ("The Discovery of the Telescope")
* “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” (The Hague, 1906) ("The Discovery of the Telescope")
* The expedition of Cornelis Evertsen the Younger
* The expedition of [[Cornelis Evertsen the Younger]]
* L'experience barometrique. Ses antecedents et ses explications, (Imprimerie Nouvelle, Thouars, 1936) A historical study
* L'experience barometrique. Ses antecedents et ses explications, (Imprimerie Nouvelle, Thouars, 1936) A historical study
* (in collaboration with [[Paul Tannery]] and [[Charles Henry]]) Works of Fermat (1891-1922, 5 vols.), Paris.
* (in collaboration with [[Paul Tannery]] and [[Charles Henry (librarian)|Charles Henry]]) Works of Fermat (1891–1922, 5 vols.), Paris.
* (in collaboration of Paul Tannery and René Pintard) Correspondence of P. Marin Mersenne, minor religious (1932-1988), Presses universitaires de France, XVII volumes
* (in collaboration of Paul Tannery and René Pintard) Correspondence of P. Marin Mersenne, minor religious (1932–1988), Presses universitaires de France, XVII volumes
* Journal of [[Isaac Beeckman]] from 1604 to 1634 (1939-1953, 4 vols.), Ed. Martinus Nijhoft, The Hague.
* Journal of [[Isaac Beeckman]] from 1604 to 1634 (1939–1953, 4 vols.), Ed. Martinus Nijhoft, The Hague.


==References==
==References==
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* [https://www.gewina-studium.nl/articles/10.18352/studium.9285/ "''Cornelis de Waard (1879-1963): an untiring source researcher''" by Huib Zuidervaart (Dutch article)]
* [https://www.gewina-studium.nl/articles/10.18352/studium.9285/ "''Cornelis de Waard (1879-1963): an untiring source researcher''" by Huib Zuidervaart (Dutch article)]


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Latest revision as of 09:25, 22 April 2022

Cornelis de Waard (born 19 August 1879 in Bergen op Zoom, died in Vlissingen on 6 May 1963) was a Dutch mathematics teacher and a historian who specialized in researching science and mathematics of the seventeenth century.[1]

Biography

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De Waard studied mathematics and physics in Amsterdam and was then a teacher in The Hague, Winschoten, and from 1909 until retirement in 1944, lived in Vlissingen.

Historical work

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de Waard was particularly concerned with mathematicians of the first half of the 17th century such as René Descartes, Pierre de Fermat, Gilles Personne de Roberval, Blaise Pascal, Girard Desargues. He discovered and published several original writings of scholars of the seventeenth century, including 8 volumes of the correspondence Marin Mersenne and the journals of Isaac Beeckman. He assisted Étienne Gilson in the preparation of his edition of Descartes' Discourse on the Method. In his 1906 “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” ("The Discovery of the Telescope"), one of the first modern works on the subject, he put forward evidence that supported Middelburg spectacle-maker Zacharias Janssen as the inventor of the device.[2]

Published works

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  • “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” (The Hague, 1906) ("The Discovery of the Telescope")
  • The expedition of Cornelis Evertsen the Younger
  • L'experience barometrique. Ses antecedents et ses explications, (Imprimerie Nouvelle, Thouars, 1936) A historical study
  • (in collaboration with Paul Tannery and Charles Henry) Works of Fermat (1891–1922, 5 vols.), Paris.
  • (in collaboration of Paul Tannery and René Pintard) Correspondence of P. Marin Mersenne, minor religious (1932–1988), Presses universitaires de France, XVII volumes
  • Journal of Isaac Beeckman from 1604 to 1634 (1939–1953, 4 vols.), Ed. Martinus Nijhoft, The Hague.

References

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  1. ^ Joseph W. Dauben, Christoph J. Scriba, Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development, Springer Science & Business Media - 2002, page 409
  2. ^ Albert Van Helden, Sven Dupré, Rob van Gent, The Origins of the Telescope, Amsterdam University Press - 2010, page 37-39

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