Franciscus Aguilonius
Franciscus Aguilonius or François d'Aguilon (* 1567 in Brussels , † 1617 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian mathematician and physicist who had been a member of the Jesuits since 1586 .
His main work, Opticorum Libri Sex Philosophis Iuxta Ac Mathematicis Utiles (six books on optics, useful for mathematicians as well as philosophers), appeared in Antwerp in 1613 and contained 650 pages, among other things, his color theory and one of the first systematic representations of the geometry of binocular vision . The term horopter comes from this work , which in Aguilonius still refers to the area in space in which objects seen monocularly are seen. The title pages of the entire work and the six partial volumes were created by Peter Paul Rubens .
The six books on optics were planned as the first part of a three-volume work. Aguilonius' death in 1617 prevented its completion.
Fonts
- Opticorum Libri Sex Philosophis Iuxta Ac Mathematicis Utiles, Antwerp, 1613
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Aiguillon, Franz von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 166.
- August Ziggelaar: Francois de Aguilon, SJ (1567-1617), scientist and architect. Roma: Institutum Historicum SI 1983.
- Wolfgang Jaeger: The illustrations by Peter Paul Rubens for the textbook of optics by Franciscus Aguilonius. Heidelberg 1976.
- Gero von Wilpert : Goethe-Lexikon (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 407). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-40701-9 , p. 9 (last entry).
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| SURNAME | Aguilonius, Franciscus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | d'Aguilon, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian mathematician and physicist, Jesuit |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1567 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1617 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |