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Person: HUYGENS, Constantijn  (1596-1687)

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
28 March 1687
90
died at
Lucerna ID  6003602

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 22 March 2015

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