Person: HUYGENS, Constantijn (1596-1687)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Constantijn HUYGENS

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

poet and composer; father of possible inventor of magic lantern

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

father of HUYGENS, Christiaan (1629-1695)

father of HUYGENS, Lodewijk (1631-1699)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

4 September 1596

born at

Den Haag, Netherlands

28 March 1687

died at

Den Haag, Netherlands

Reference

Willem Wagenaar, ‘The origins of the lantern: the true inventor of the magic lantern -- Kircher, Walgenstein or Huygens?’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), p. 11

Lucerna ID 6003602

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 22 March 2015

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Person: HUYGENS, Constantijn (1596-1687)