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Adriaan Metius

Adriaan Metius
Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)

Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius,, was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. The name "Metius" comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor."

9 December 1571

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