Simon Stevin (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Henri Bosmans · 1913
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Simon Stevin, born at Bruges in 1548, died at Leyden in 1620. He worked for some years as a bookkeeper in an Antwerp business house, then administering the Franc of Bruges. After travels in Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and Norway, he settled in the Netherlands for life. Maurice of Nassau prized him so highly that he studied mathematics and engineering under Stevin's direction. He rewarded him as director of finances, inspector of dykes, and quartermaster-general.
His influence on science was great and lasting. He began in 1582 with Tables of Interest, spreading through the business world an easy method of calculation still prized by Low Country merchants. Then came a very original geometry in 1583 and a treatise on logic. In 1585 De Thiende gave the oldest systematic account of decimal reckoning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Henri Bosmans |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |