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Jan Śniadecki
Polish mathematician, philosopher and astronomer (1756-1830)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 29 August 1756
- Died
- 9 November 1830, 21 November 1830
- Place of birth
- Żnin
- Place of death
- Jašiūnai
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Jan, Chrzciciel, Władysław
- Family name
- Śniadecki
- Sibling
- Jędrzej Śniadecki
- Field of work
- astronomy, pedagogy, linguistics, philosophy, mathematics, geography
- Occupation
- mathematician, astronomer, physicist, philosopher, geographer, university teacher
- Position held
- Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Native language
- Polish
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Russian Biographical Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften, Dykcyonarz Uczonych Polaków, Orgelbrand's Universal Encyclopedia, Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
- doctoral student
- Piotr Sławiński
- educated at
- Jagiellonian University, University of Göttingen, Leiden University, Utrecht University, Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School, Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Michała Kosmowskiego w Trzemesznie, Lubrański Academy
- employer
- Jagiellonian University
- member of
- Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie, Russian Academy of Sciences
- member of family
- Śniadeccy herbu Leliwa
- name in native language
- Jan Śniadecki
- place of burial
- Jašiūnai
- pseudonym
- J. S., Krytykiełło Zachariasz, Przemyślanka, Szczeropolski Zygmunt
- topic's main category
- Category:Jan Śniadecki
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