Christiaan Huygens
Born(1629-04-14)14 April 1629
The Hague, Dutch Republic
Died8 July 1695(1695-07-08) (aged 66)
The Hague, Dutch Republic
ResidenceNetherlands, France
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
University of Angers
Known forTitan
Explanation of Saturn's rings
Centrifugal force
Collision formulae
Pendulum clock
Huygens–Fresnel principle
Wave theory
Huygens' engine
Birefringence
Evolute
Huygenian eyepiece
31 equal temperament musical tuning
Huygens–Steiner theorem
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Mathematics
Astronomy
Horology
InstitutionsRoyal Society of London
French Academy of Sciences
InfluencesGalileo Galilei
René Descartes
Frans van Schooten
InfluencedGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Isaac Newton