Cornelis de Waard
Cornelis de Waard (born August 19, 1879 in Bergen op Zoom ; † May 6, 1963 in Vlissingen ) was a Dutch teacher and mathematics historian.
De Waard studied mathematics and physics in Amsterdam and was then a teacher in The Hague , Winschoten and from 1909 until his retirement in 1944 in Vlissingen .
He edited 8 volumes of Marin Mersenne's correspondence . He 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 published documents on Pascal and the diary of Isaac Beeckman (from 1939).
literature
- Joseph W. Dauben , Christoph J. Scriba (eds.): Writing the history of mathematics , Birkhäuser 2002, p. 493
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| SURNAME | Waard, Cornelis de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen op Zoom |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1963 |
| Place of death | Vlissingen |