Snellius

Snellius is the name of the following people:

• Gerardus Synellius (also Synel, Snellius or Schnell; * around 1470, † 1552), theologian and last abbot of the Marienthal monastery in East Frisia
• Rudolph Snellius (also Rudolph Snel van Royen or Rudolf Snel van Roijen; 1546–1613), Dutch linguist and mathematician
• Willebrord van Roijen Snell (1580–1626; also Snel van Royen or Snellius), Dutch astronomer and mathematician (see Snellius' law of refraction ; inventor of triangulation )

Also:

• Snellius (moon crater) , named after Willebrord van Roijen Snell
• Snellius (A802) , one of two hydrographic survey ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy and a lead ship of the ship class of the same name

See also:

• Snell
• Fast

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.